New Discovery (Wait for It)

Name ______PS/ES Per ___

Date ______Mr. W/Mr. R

A geologist found these fossil imprints embedded in bedrock that lithified millions of years ago. Provide as many scenarios as possible that explain the arrangement of imprints. Start with what you think is most likely, then branch out into other possible interpretations. Your scenarios must account for all evidence in the diagram.

Most Likely:

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Variations:

1.______

2.______

3.______

New Discovery (wait for it)

Modified Interpretation:

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The imprints are now known to have been made by THE SAME species of 2-legged dinosaur. Other fossils of this dinosaur have shown that adults possessed pouches like a marsupial.

How will you incorporate this new discovery into your tentative explanation?