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Identify and discuss the difficulties experienced in classifying extinct organisms and explain how classification of organisms can assist in developing a deeper understanding of past and present life in Australia.
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Identify and discuss the difficulties experienced in classifying extinct organisms and explain how classification of organisms can assist in developing a deeper understanding of past and present life in Australia. There are many difficulties that are faced when classifying extinct organisms. Developments in the knowledge of past and present organisms have allowed a thorough understanding of the origins of life and the evolution of many living things1, the discovery of fossils and classification of these findings allows this knowledge to develop further. Difficulties can be faced when recovering the fossils to classifying the species. There are difficulties prior to finding the fossils and after classification has occurred. Fossil remains of any organism can be difficult to identify. The fossil remains may be incomplete or not show sufficient detail for classification. When an incomplete fossil remain is found, it is difficult to determine which organism the fossil belongs to. Finding fossils which...
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