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No. Trilobytes are the oldest fossils ever found. They are the reason the theory of evolution is still only a theory. They were complex organisms with all the basic organs, complex eyes and a respitory sytem. If evolution is true, why for over two centuries have no fossils been found leading up to their evolutionary "place."
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How do you estimate the age of the Earth using fossil record?
Cannot be done as the Earth is much older than the oldest fossils.
Are fossils found in upper layers of sedimentary rocks are older than fossils found in no one there is a sedimentary rocks?
Fossils found in the upper layers of sedimentary rocks are generally younger than those found in lower layers, due to the principle of superposition, which states that in undisturbed layers, older sediments are deposited first and are buried by younger sediments. If there are no sedimentary rocks present, it is impossible to compare their ages directly. Thus, the age of the fossils can vary significantly depending on their specific geological context.
Fossils found in the lowest geological strata are gerenally the most?
Fossils found in the lowest geological strata are generally the oldest. This is because the law of superposition dictates that older rock layers are found at the bottom, with each successive layer above being younger. Therefore, fossils found in lower strata are older than those in higher strata.
How does the law of superstition date fossils?
The law of superstition, also known as the law of superposition, states that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers are found below younger layers. This principle helps paleontologists date fossils by examining their positions within these layers. If a fossil is found in a lower layer, it is considered older than fossils found in higher layers. Thus, the relative age of fossils can be determined based on their stratigraphic context.
What is the method of determining whether a fossil is older or younger than other fossils found in the many layers of sedimentary rock is called what?
relative dating
A type of trilobite is used as an index fossil. These fossils were made about 540 million years ago. A scientist finds a trilobite fossil in layer 5 in the diagram below?
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What is unique about finding trilobites among the first fossil creatures?
Many fossils are actually far older; some going back 5 or 6 times as far in history. However, trilobites are some of the oldest 'macroscopic fossils' (fossils of bigger things than bacteria and single-celled organisms) simply because they were there in large enough numbers and in the right conditions to be fossilised first too.
A scentist finds a rock with fossils at two different levels what she might conclude that the fossils on the bottom are older than the fossils at the top?
The fossil on the bottom would be older because as time goes on rock builds up and buries fossils so the higher it is the more recent it is.
How do you tell which fossils are older?
Fossils found in deeper rock layers are typically older than those found in shallower layers. Scientists also use methods like radiometric dating to determine the age of fossils based on the decay of radioactive isotopes present in the fossils. Additionally, studying the index fossils that are typically associated with specific time periods can help determine the relative age of fossils.
Where are older fossils mostly found under or above younger fossils?
If the rocks containing the fossils have been involved in a mountain building episode they would be folded and if some of the folds were laid in a recumbent position and later eroded you would have older above younger rocks. Of course, it would be easy to find out if this was the case because of the various sedimentary structures in each separate layer of rock.
What can the scientist conclude about these birds?
Fossils in layer 5 are less than 540 million years old.
How could you tell which fossil is older?
The older fossils are found deeper than newwer ones. :3 oh wow u just thought that up
What evidence is there that earth has had a succession of flora and fauna?
Fossils!Fossils are the 'remains' of plants and animals (including humans) which lived in the past. Millions of fossils have been found all over the world. They show clearly that different species of plants and animals lived in the past and that they changed over long periods of time. Older fossils are simpler than younger fossils and we can work out the sequence of evolution from these fossils.For example the oldest vertebrate (backboned) fossils are fish. Younger than these are the first amphibians. Then reptiles appear as fossils, followed by birds and mammals.See:http://animals.about.com/od/evolution/a/vertebrateevolu.htmhttp://txtwriter.com/Backgrounders/Evolution/EVpage01.htmlhttp://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/Ifossil_ev.shtmlhttp://www.fossilmuseum.net/
How do you estimate the age of the Earth using fossil record?
Cannot be done as the Earth is much older than the oldest fossils.
Is a limestone bed containing fossils that are 550 million years old older than a bed of sandstone containing fossils that are 400 million years old?
550 million years old
Are there more teeth fossils than skin fossils?
yes there are more teeth fossils than skin fossils
Are fossils found in upper layers of sedimentary rocks are older than fossils found in no one there is a sedimentary rocks?
Fossils found in the upper layers of sedimentary rocks are generally younger than those found in lower layers, due to the principle of superposition, which states that in undisturbed layers, older sediments are deposited first and are buried by younger sediments. If there are no sedimentary rocks present, it is impossible to compare their ages directly. Thus, the age of the fossils can vary significantly depending on their specific geological context.
