What information does relative dating provide to paleontologists?

1 Answer
Feb 18, 2016

If have a fossil in a certain geological formation and knows its relative age, this can be used to identify the relative age of rocks, and fossils of a similar species, in rock strata miles away.

Explanation:

This is known as biostratigraphy and was used to help determine the general age of rock strata sequences before radiometric dating was discovered. See pic.http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-53239/Fossils-help-geologists-establish-the-relative-geologic-ages-of-layers