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noun • a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay | ||||||||
35% | 9 | Fossils often used as index fossils for dating and correlating rock layers | ||||||
adjective • of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods | ||||||||
27% | 12 | Their fossils are among the most well-preserved dinosaur fossils ever discovered | ||||||
noun • A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period. | ||||||||
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