Finding several species of fossuls, rather than just one, in the same rock layer

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Finding several species of fossuls, rather than just one, in the same rock layer is more useful to geologist because

MC Qu. 64 Finding several species of fossils, rather than inding several species of fossils, rather than just one, in the same rock layer is more useful to geologists because: Multiple Choice It Indicates the sediments must have been deposited at the same time when all the species were present. If some of the fossils are broken, others could be used as Index species. If the conditions were not right for fossilization for one species, maybe the conditions were better for other fossil species.

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First option is the correct answer because the geologists are more interested in the series of events the sediment would had been deposited and when they find several species of fossils, rather than just one, in the same rock layer, it tells them that the sediment must have been deposited at the same time when all the species were present alltogether in the same ecosystem.

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