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FossilsFossils
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What are Fossils?What are Fossils?Fossils are the preserved Fossils are the preserved remains of plants or animals remains of plants or animals that lived a long time ago, or that lived a long time ago, or any evidence of their any evidence of their existence. existence.
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What Can Fossils Tell Us?What Can Fossils Tell Us? How life forms have changed over timeHow life forms have changed over time How the Earth’s surface has changedHow the Earth’s surface has changed Clues to past environmentsClues to past environments
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Where are Where are Fossils Fossils Found?Found?
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Usually in arid environments, Usually in arid environments, including Colorado!including Colorado!
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Colorado LOVES It’s FossilsColorado LOVES It’s Fossils Colorado’s State Fossil is the Stegosaurus Colorado’s State Fossil is the Stegosaurus
because so many have been found here.because so many have been found here. Denver’s new mass transit system is Denver’s new mass transit system is
named T-Rex after a fossil was found named T-Rex after a fossil was found during construction.during construction.
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Most Fossils Form in Most Fossils Form in Sedimentary RockSedimentary Rock
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When an organism dies, it’s soft parts When an organism dies, it’s soft parts usually decay or are eaten by animalsusually decay or are eaten by animals
Usually only hard parts get fossilizedUsually only hard parts get fossilized BonesBones ShellsShells TeethTeeth SeedsSeeds LeavesLeaves Stems and TrunksStems and Trunks
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How can Fossils be How can Fossils be Preserved?Preserved?
Unaltered PreservationUnaltered Preservation Altered PreservationAltered Preservation Trace FossilsTrace Fossils Molds and CastsMolds and Casts
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Unaltered PreservationUnaltered Preservation
The La Brea tar pits in California
trapped and preserved organisms.
Insects that got stuck in tree sap were preserved unaltered.
Frozen remains of Wooly Mammoths have been found in
ancient glaciers.
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Altered PreservationAltered PreservationThe organism is The organism is preserved but its preserved but its original skeletal original skeletal
material is altered material is altered by chemical by chemical
changes, such as changes, such as petrified wood. petrified wood. The cells in the The cells in the wood are slowly wood are slowly
replaced by replaced by minerals, turning minerals, turning
it to stoneit to stone..
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Molds and CastsMolds and Casts Molds Molds
A mold forms when something is A mold forms when something is pressed into soft mud and removed by pressed into soft mud and removed by decomposition or pulled out, leaving an decomposition or pulled out, leaving an impression of the object.impression of the object.
Casts Casts A cast is a 3-D representation of an object A cast is a 3-D representation of an object
from the past. It is created when a mold fills from the past. It is created when a mold fills up with sediment that hardens.up with sediment that hardens.
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Trace FossilsTrace FossilsTrace fossils are Trace fossils are
indications that an indications that an organism existed, not the organism existed, not the
actual organism. They actual organism. They include footprints, nests, include footprints, nests,
tooth marks, worm tooth marks, worm burrows, root traces, etc. burrows, root traces, etc.
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Dinosaur TrackwayDinosaur Trackwayin Picketwire Canyon, COin Picketwire Canyon, CO
Aerial viewAerial view
Closer viewCloser view
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• Over 1300 tracks in an area Over 1300 tracks in an area about 1/4 of a mile long. about 1/4 of a mile long.
• Made in the mud on the Made in the mud on the shore of an ancient lakeshore of an ancient lake
• Made by plant-eating Made by plant-eating brontosaursbrontosaurs and smaller and smaller meat-eating meat-eating allosaursallosaurs. .
• Two to three feet long, a Two to three feet long, a foot or more deep.foot or more deep.
• Parallel pair of tracks = Parallel pair of tracks = evidence that they traveled evidence that they traveled together in herds?together in herds?
• Tracks are even older than Tracks are even older than the Rocky Mountains!the Rocky Mountains!
Track D etails:Track D etails:
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An Up Close An Up Close L ook at the L ook at the Track W ayTrack W ay
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Examples Examples of of
FossilsFossils
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Sporadoceras Sporadoceras
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NautilusNautilus
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Orthoceras Orthoceras
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TrilobitesTrilobites
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Fossil FishFossil Fish
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Dinosaur BoneDinosaur Bone
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BrachiopodsBrachiopods
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EchinodermsEchinoderms
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Chrinoid StemsChrinoid Stems
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Coral FossilsCoral Fossils
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Plant FossilsPlant Fossils
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Snails and SlugsSnails and Slugs
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Different Fossils Belong to Different Fossils Belong to Different Time PeriodsDifferent Time Periods
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Fossil MoldsFossil MoldsSometimes you
find a fossil mold of a shell, lik e
this one. D epending on the
shape of the mold, it is sometimes
possible to mak e a cast of the shell .
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Making a CastMaking a Cast
By filling the mold with plaster, a cast of
the fossil can be made. In nature, sediments
would fill the mold and eventually harden, also
forming a cast.
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The CastThe Cast
When the plaster dries
it can be separated from the mold, resulting in two
types of fossils, a mold and a cast.