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No. Vertebrates with a hard skeleton or invertebrates with a hard shell or exoskeleton are far more likely to be preserved. However, on occasion, softer organisms can be fossilized.
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If you're referring to body fossils it's nearly always the hard parts that one finds fossilized. However, occasionally a body covering, i.e. feathers, will show up in a carbon film, and a fossil pterodactyl displayed what could possibly be interpreted as hair.
But leaving those items aside, there are things known as TRACE FOSSILS, and they require no hard parts at all. All Precambrian fossils that so far have been discovered are trace fossils, and none of the animals that left them boasted any hard parts. Trace fossils are rocky remnants of burrows, trackways, coprolites, any indication that a living organism once lived or marched in the area, all could be considered trace fossils. A great deal can be gleaned from these traces....you would be more than a little surprised at the information that has been extracted from the spoor and little homes of these VERY ancient animals.
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What kind of animal part leaves the most distinct fossil?
Animal parts that are soft and don't have a skeleton leave the worst imprints. Fossils are made with animal parts that are hard and durable.
Are fossils real?
Yes, fossils are real. Fossils are the preserved remains or impressions of plants, animals, and other organisms that lived in the distant past. They provide valuable information about Earth's history and the evolution of life.
What are five types of trace fossils?
Burrows - formed by organisms digging or tunneling in sediment. Trackways - impressions left by animals walking or moving across a surface. Coprolites - fossilized feces of animals. Bioturbation - disturbance of sediment by biological activity. Borings - holes or tunnels made by organisms drilling into hard surfaces.
Does fossils form from soft parts or hard parts?
Fossils can form from both soft parts and hard parts of organisms. Soft parts can become fossilized through processes like carbonization or preservation in amber, while hard parts like bones or shells can undergo mineralization or replacement to become fossils.
What fossils are found in sedimentary rock?
The vast majority of visible fossils are marine invertebrates, animals that live in the sea and have no backbone, mostly animals with a hard outer shell. This would include clams, coral, brachiopods, ammonites, and other animals familiar to us, as well as extinct animals like trilobites and crinoids. In some locations the deposits are dominated by fish fossils and more rarely insects.
Fossils can only be produced from animals that have hard skeletons true or false?
Fossils are produced by a combination of heat pressure in the earth crust. Prehistoric plants and animals created fossil fuels.
Which animals dont have a hard skeleton?
Almost all animals have a skeleton, whether its an internal skeleton or an exoskeleton. Some animals like the Jellyfish are of without a skeleton, and they are very much ... jelly-like. Examples include earthworms, slugs, etc.
Can only animals with hard body parts create fossils?
When something be on side of the road like a dinousar and the fossils.
Which of these animals does not have a hard skeleton?
you mum because she a fat person :D ha
Are cockroach vertebrates?
No. To simplify it, vertebrate animals are those with spines.
What is an external skeleton and an internal skeleton?
Skeletons:All animals, including humans have skeletons. Humans have an internal skeleton. This means that our bones is on the inside of us. When an animal has an external skeleton it means that their skeleton is on the outside. These animals who have an external skeleton have what we commonly call shells. These shells are their skeleton which keeps their insides together. If you think of one of those big crabs and how there is a shell on the outside of them (not sea shells) this is their skeleton which is an external skeleton.
What kind of animal part leaves the most distinct fossil?
Animal parts that are soft and don't have a skeleton leave the worst imprints. Fossils are made with animal parts that are hard and durable.
Why is it hard to find shark fossils?
Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which is less likely to fossilize compared to bone. Additionally, shark bodies are usually scavenged by other marine animals before they can be preserved as fossils.
Do all organisms become fossils?
No. The hard bones are more likely to form a fossil. The soft parts will degenerate over time. This is why most of the fossils from the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian periods are mostly shells, not the actual animals that inhabited them.
Is the koalas skeleton hard or soft?
the koalas skeleton is soft.
Why the fossil records is not complete?
organisms tend to decay before becoming a fossil. animals with hard parts are preserved more easily. geological processes may destroy fossils.
Why do only the hard parts of organisms generally leaved fossils?
When an organism dies, its soft parts often decay quickly or are eaten by animals
