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What is one example of an index fossil?

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A trilobite could be an example of an index fossil, because they only existed for a certain period of time

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trilobites and ammonites

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Trilobites are a fossil group of extinct marine animals which became extinct around 250 million years ago.

Ammonites are a extinct group of marine invertebrates. They are molluscs in the class Cephalopoda in which we also find octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes and the nautilus.

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