Analyze the cross-section above and compare with the figure about index fossils relative to the geologic time scale. a) Mention the ages missing between D and F, in both relative and absolute time. b) Explain what must have happened to form the geologic feature labeled as E.

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Analyze the cross-section above and compare with the figure about index fossils relative to the geologic time scale.
a) Mention the ages missing between D and F, in both relative and absolute time.
b) Explain what must have happened to form the geologic feature labeled as E.
Transcribed Image Text:Analyze the cross-section above and compare with the figure about index fossils relative to the geologic time scale. a) Mention the ages missing between D and F, in both relative and absolute time. b) Explain what must have happened to form the geologic feature labeled as E.
Absolute
Ages in
millions
of years
Relative Ages
Ranges (black vertical lines) of Index Fossils Pictured Below
Eras
Periods
Humara
Neogene
23
Paleogene
Fagopsis
trees
Cretaceous
Period
144
Jurasaie
Period
Dinosaurs
206
Mammals
Triasaic
Period
-248
Permian
Period
Neuropteris
forra
Shaka
290
Repties
Penreytvarian
Period
-323
Mississi ppian
Perod
Chonetes
354
Amphiblans
Mucroapirifer
Devenian
Period
417
Slurian
Period
Phacops
Strophomena
443
Ordovician
Period
Fledcalymene
490
Planystrophia
Cambrian
Period
Frathia
643
Olenelka
Procambrian
4550
ERA
Transcribed Image Text:Absolute Ages in millions of years Relative Ages Ranges (black vertical lines) of Index Fossils Pictured Below Eras Periods Humara Neogene 23 Paleogene Fagopsis trees Cretaceous Period 144 Jurasaie Period Dinosaurs 206 Mammals Triasaic Period -248 Permian Period Neuropteris forra Shaka 290 Repties Penreytvarian Period -323 Mississi ppian Perod Chonetes 354 Amphiblans Mucroapirifer Devenian Period 417 Slurian Period Phacops Strophomena 443 Ordovician Period Fledcalymene 490 Planystrophia Cambrian Period Frathia 643 Olenelka Procambrian 4550 ERA
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