Paleontology & Fossils?

Question

What may you see in a fossil that would indicate a mass extinction? What would you see if the mass extinction was causes by an explosion?

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Answer 1

nothing spectacular. The stillness in the fossills or the way that the fossils were discovered. Just a guess, in a mass explosion, some of the remains would be scattered. In a drought or a lack of food, the remains would or could be in a lying down position. Easier to excavate in a find.

Answer 2

will if it was a mass explosion you would see that it obviously has fractured bones, but I'm guessing what you are trying to find out if a meteoroid killed the dinosaurs and i am sorry but that is a question that is still being questioned.

Answer 3

You don't see indications of mass extinctions in a fossil.  Rather, the relatively sudden disappearances of various groups of fossil organisms at much the same time provide indications of mass extinctions in some cases.

<<What would you see if the mass extinction was causes by an explosion?>>

You don't get indications of explosions in fossils either.  There are indications of a large meteorite impact about 65 million years ago, and that's probably linked to a mass extinction, at least in part.  Traces include a 200km diameter crater, shocked quartz resulting from the energy released by the impact, an unusually high amount of iridium in a narrow layer so far found at over 100 localities around the world, and sot deposits brought about by forest fires, again, on a global basis.