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SotFR Notes

Stories of the Fossil Record Notes

EvidenceWhat it tells us
Growth rings in fossil trees or shells. Tells us the number of years the individual lived.
curled up fossil trilobites. rolled up for protection
contents of fossil nests. dinosaurs stayed in nests after hatching to be cared for
fossils of many individuals of the same species together. herds
change in shape of a feature over time evolution
layers in rocks age of geological layers
index fossils age of rocks around
fossil shells on mountain tops how and when mountain formed
identical fossils on widely separated continents they lived together at some point
fossil marine animals in the desert could have been water
shapes of leaf edges were some trees and what species they were
tooth marks in fossil shells some creature must have bit it
fossil pollen may have been pollinator-type creatures near the fossil
fossils of creatures no longer alive today extinction and they did exist at one point
features that are shared by more than one species evolution or relatives
extinction of many fossil species at the same time mass extinction/natural disaster
the extinction of one group of organism, like corals, on which other organisms depend extinction of predators of said creature or plant. or could end in just a drop in the species.
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