• Question: Would you say a shark tooth is a fossil?

    Asked by Superstar_FIFI to Adam, Emily, Thad, Thomas on 13 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Thomas Clements

      Thomas Clements answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      Yes – a sharks tooth can turn into a fossil! If you look on my bio page you will see lots of different types of fossils including fossil poo! (known as a coprolite). Any part of an animal that turns to stone is a fossil. 😀

    • Photo: Thaddeus Aid

      Thaddeus Aid answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      Hi,

      A shark’s tooth isn’t a fossil, but it could become a fossil. Because the tooth is hard if it get covered by silt at the bottom of the ocean it has a chance of becoming a fossil. Isn’t that cool?

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