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Geologists found this fossil in the layers of a sedimentary rock. What can this tell them about the area it was found?

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An outcrop consisting of several horizontal sedimentary rock layers represent a vertical time-series of geologic events. The textures of each sedimentary layer tells us the environment that was present at that location when the layer formed.

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That the area was once covered with water

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