What Can Fossils Tell Us?
by Leanna Teater
1. location
1.1. origin of organism
1.1.1. marine
1.1.2. rainforest
1.1.3. desert
1.2. history
1.2.1. movement of continents
1.2.1.1. pangea
1.2.2. earth formations
2. types
2.1. trace
2.1.1. footprint
2.1.2. coprolites
2.1.2.1. excrement
2.1.3. trackways
2.2. body
2.2.1. bone
2.2.2. seashell
2.3. resin
2.3.1. amber
2.3.1.1. exudates
3. research
3.1. fields
3.1.1. archeology
3.1.2. paleontology
3.1.3. history
4. scale
4.1. small
4.2. large
5. formation
5.1. process
5.1.1. sediments
5.1.1.1. mud
5.1.1.2. sand
5.1.1.2.1. sea floor
5.1.2. time
5.1.3. volcanoes
5.1.4. erosion
6. composition
6.1. animals
6.1.1. extinct
6.1.1.1. dinosaurs
6.1.1.2. sea animals
6.1.1.3. mammals
6.1.2. currently living
6.1.2.1. mammals
6.1.2.2. sea animals
6.2. plants
6.2.1. extinct
6.2.2. currently living
6.3. what becomes fossilized?
6.3.1. mineral
6.3.1.1. carbon
6.3.2. organism components
6.3.3. why some things but not others?