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| The Law of Original Horizontality |
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| science says that dirt, mud, sand and other sediments are always deposited in horizontal layers |
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| Rock layers usually have the oldest layers on the bottom and newest layers on top. |
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| you find fish, amphibians and reptile fossils |
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| Age of the dinosaurs. You can also find flowering plants, birds, and mammals |
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| This layer is the current layers and is still being deposited. Here we find modern mammals. |
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| any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing such as a skeleton or footprint. |
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| something that proves or disproves something |
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| the process of depositing rock or mineral |
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| a fossil formed when an animal, plant or other organism dies and is covered with sediment. It decays and an IMPRINT is left of it. |
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| a fossil formed when an animal, plant or other organism dies and is covered with sediment. It decays and an imprint is left and then minerals enter the impression resulting in this type of fossil. |
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| a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow or other thing left by an animal other than the animal itself |
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| a fossil of the whole or entire body of an organism, like an actual animal or animal part |
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| Resin from a tree oozes out trapping debris such as seeds, leaves, feathers or insects. |
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| A mark left by an organism moving in some way, leaving behind a trace or track. |
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| scientist that studies fossils |
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| a narrow opening in a rock or wall |
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