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earth science Maturity 7-9

Some fossils are not body parts.

Eubrontes01.JPG
Eubrontes01.JPG
They are marks left by life. An animal might walk in mud. It might dig a home.
Skolithos.jpg
Skolithos.jpg
These marks show how animals lived. They help us learn about the past. Can you find a footprint?
Hadrosaur tracks.png
Hadrosaur tracks.png

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File:Cheirotherium prints possibly Ticinosuchus.JPG
Cheirotherium prints possibly Ticinosuchus.JPG
File:Protichnites.jpg
Protichnites.jpg
File:MammothFootImpressions25.jpg
MammothFootImpressions25.jpg
File:Coprolite with Distinct Vertebrate Bite Marks.jpg
Coprolite with Distinct Vertebrate Bite Marks.jpg
File:Mesolimulus walchi trackway and fossil.jpg
Mesolimulus walchi trackway and fossil.jpg
File:Eubrontes01.JPG
Eubrontes01.JPG
File:Hadrosaur tracks.png
Hadrosaur tracks.png
File:Climactichnites - Todd Gass.jpg
Climactichnites - Todd Gass.jpg
File:Petroxestes pera Ordovician Ohio.jpg
Petroxestes pera Ordovician Ohio.jpg
File:RusophycusOrdovician.jpg
RusophycusOrdovician.jpg
File:Skolithos.jpg
Skolithos.jpg
File:ThalassinoidesIsrael.JPG
ThalassinoidesIsrael.JPG

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