The Water Ecosystem In The Jurassic Terrestrial Time Period

The claim has been made that understanding trace fossils will help scientists understand the water ecosystem in the Jurassic Terrestrial time period. To understand marine deposits, scientists must look for vertebrate fossils, plant body, as well as trace fossils. This causes scientists to dig deeper in their research on fossils, which leads to motivation to discover more. By actively researching and understanding the trace fossils and their use of the water ecosystem, scientists can understand the role of the water ecosystem back in the Jurassic Terrestrial time period. In Continental Trace Fossils as the Key to Understanding Jurassic Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystem, scientists study and research termites, bees and their hives, and crayfish.
By studying their habitats they are able to understand their fossil trace, and have been able to reconstruct through experiments, their nesting places. These experiments are able to examine paleobiologic, paleopedologic analyses, and many more aspects of the fossils. This unlocks the gate for scientists to see how crayfish, and other insects, were affected in the water ecosystem during the Jurassic Terrestrial time period, as well as help scientist understand the water ecosystem during that time.

Resource: Hasiotis, Stephen T. "Continental Trace Fossils As The Key To Understanding Jurassic Terrestrial And Freshwater..." Modern Geology 22.1-4 (1998): 451. Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

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