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MODULE 2, LESSON 9, RESOURCE SHEET 1
Fossil im
age
Nam
e of fo
ssilD
escriptio
n
Am
mo
nite
Am
mo
nites w
ere marin
e creatures w
ith a sp
iral-shap
ed sh
ell. Th
e fo
ssilised rem
ains o
f their sh
ells are com
mo
n an
d o
ften fo
un
d o
n b
eaches. T
hey are aro
un
d 6
5 m
illion
years old
. On
e of th
e largest ever
collected
was o
ver 2 m
etres in d
iameter.
Trilob
iteTrilo
bites lived
in larg
e gro
up
s, so if yo
u fin
d o
ne fo
ssil, there m
ay well
be m
ore n
earby. T
here are lo
ts of d
ifferent trilo
bites, w
ith d
ifferent
shap
ed h
eads o
r tails, for exam
ple. Trilo
bite fo
ssils are som
e of th
e o
ldest, as th
ey lived ab
ou
t 54
0 m
illion
years ago
.
Clam
Clam
s and
oysters lo
ok very sim
ilar to th
e live on
es we see to
day. Yo
u m
ay find
them
with
two
shells still jo
ined
tog
ether, o
r just o
ne sh
ell. M
ost clam
s and
oysters live in
the sea. If yo
u fin
d th
em in
land
, then
the
place w
here yo
u are fo
ssil hu
ntin
g m
ust h
ave been
un
der th
e sea man
y m
illion
s of years ag
o.
Co
ralC
orals lo
ok like p
lants, b
ut are actu
ally mad
e up
of tin
y anim
als that
live tog
ether. T
hey g
row
in w
arm, sh
allow
seas and
form
big
reefs. So
me co
ral fossils are m
ore th
an 4
00
millio
n years o
ld.
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age
Nam
e of fo
ssilD
escriptio
n
Sea Urch
ins
and
Starfishes
A livin
g sea u
rchin
has a ro
un
d sh
ell covered
in sp
ines. If yo
u fin
d a fo
ssilised sea u
rchin
, usu
ally you
will o
nly see th
e bo
dy, as th
e sp
ines fall o
ff after it dies. Starfish
fossils are rare, b
ecause th
ey are very frag
ile and
break easily. If yo
u fin
d an
y, you
can reco
gn
ise them
b
ecause th
ey are the sh
ape o
f a five-po
inted
star.
Din
osau
r parts
Fossil rem
ains o
f differen
t kind
s of d
ino
saurs – b
on
es, teeth an
d fo
otp
rints – can
tell us a lo
t abo
ut w
here an
d h
ow
they lived
. Th
ey w
ere on
Earth aro
un
d th
e same tim
e as amm
on
ites, abo
ut 6
5 m
illion
years ago
.
Plan
t remain
sM
any kin
ds o
f plan
ts have b
een fo
ssilised, p
reserved in
mu
d. Yo
u m
ay see fo
ssilised leaves, b
ranch
es, bark o
r fir con
es. Man
y of th
ese remain
s d
ate back h
un
dred
s of m
illion
s of years.
MODULE 2, LESSON 9, RESOURCE SHEET 1, CONTINUED
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