Fossils
- Limestone, shale, and other sedimentary rocks commonly contain fossils.
- Fossils are evidence of once living organisms.
- British Columbia contains a wealth of fossils.
- They contain fossilized shells, bones, scales, footprints, teeth, and leaves.
- Fossils can also be used to determine the history and age of rocks in which they are found.
- What do fossils show us?
- Evidence of the environment and the licmat which the animals or plants lived.
- Scientist know that BC was once covered with tropical forests because of fossils they have found.
- Other fossils show that BC was covered in ocean water in the past.
- The fossils found in Yoho Valley of eastern BC, are so special that the United Nations has declared the Yoho Valley to be a World Heritage Site.
- The Burgess Shale in Yoho National park is home to some of the most famous and unusual fossils in the world.
- Fossils are evidence of once living organisms.
- British Columbia contains a wealth of fossils.
- They contain fossilized shells, bones, scales, footprints, teeth, and leaves.
- Fossils can also be used to determine the history and age of rocks in which they are found.
- What do fossils show us?
- Evidence of the environment and the licmat which the animals or plants lived.
- Scientist know that BC was once covered with tropical forests because of fossils they have found.
- Other fossils show that BC was covered in ocean water in the past.
- The fossils found in Yoho Valley of eastern BC, are so special that the United Nations has declared the Yoho Valley to be a World Heritage Site.
- The Burgess Shale in Yoho National park is home to some of the most famous and unusual fossils in the world.
Watch from 1:48 - 3:59 for info on fossils.