172k views
0 votes
The discovery of pollen in various sedimentary layers has allowed paleontologists to correlate the existence of ancient animals with the vegetation on which they often subsisted. The preservation of pollen in sedimentary layers is an example of a(n) __________.

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer: intact fossils

Step-by-step explanation:

What is an intact fossil?

Some fossils are usually found with altered original organic material however there are those that are preserved without alterations which are known as intact fossils they contain their original organic material.

Fossils are able to give us the ability to date back in time and in the events that occurred around those times so that we may be able to predict the future and it is even a great advantage of these fossils are found intact because they are easy to study .

Pollen is one substance that surround these organism and help preserve them without alteration .

User Denis Gordin
by
5.3k points