What do you call
a fossil that
NEVER does any work?
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Lazy Bones!
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I was neither bird nor bat nor insect
but I could fly!
I was a close cousin to dinosaurs
but I evolved on a separate branch
of the family tree.
Who was I?
but I evolved on a separate branch
of the family tree.
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I was a pterosaur — a flying reptile!
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I am the oldest fossil
you will ever see with your own eyes.
Who was I?
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Stromatolite!
The oldest fossils found thus far
are believed to be
3.7 BILLION years old.
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I swam by jet propulsion.
I had a beautiful spiral shell.
I am an index fossil now.
I died out with the dinosaurs, but
my cousins include the giant squid.
Who was I?
my cousins include the giant squid.
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Ammonite
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I have no brain,
no heart,
no lungs, no gils and no blood!
My fossils LOOK like a stem,
but I am NOT a plant.
What am I?
but I am NOT a plant.
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Crinoid or Feather Star
Starfish are my cousins!
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I used to be poop (yep, truly a sight!),
Now I’m polished pretty and hard as a mite.
Peek inside—old dino dinners take flight!
What am I?
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Fossilized poop!
Coprolite
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Seen on sidewalks after rain,
I carry my home and travel plain.
Familiar friend with just one “shoe,”
Half a billion years old — who am I?
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Gastropods
Snails and Slugs!
Yes, they have been around for about
half a billion years.
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