Question

The Ames in Rick Park is a very fossil rich unit in Pennsylvania. All of the fossils are marine and include brachiopods, crinolds,
hom corals, pelecypods, and gastropods. Also fish teeth can be found in the Ames. The fossils are formed in limestone of the
Pennsylvanian Period, 300 million years ago. This fossil record for this time period in Pennsylvania indicates that the environment
was a
2
desert
B)
thriving sea
thriving forest
D)
high mountain ranges

Answer 1

thriving sea

Explanation:

The fossils seen in the rich rock unit suggests that the paleo-environment of the area is a sea bursting with life.

• Fossils are the preserved remains of life found in rock units.
• Fossils can be used to interpret the nature of the past climatic condition in an area.
• Since different organisms have their habitat and the ecosystem which they thrive, their remains should define such an environment.
• Now, we have a collection of marine fossils here.
• The area must have been a marine environment based on this.

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