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Animals are not preserved as fossils. Fossils are imprints of the organism where the body has been replaced by rock minerals. They are most usually found in sedimentary rocks, occasionally in metamorphic rock but never in igneous rock.
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What are traces of plants or animals that have preserved in rock?
Fossils is the word
What was the preserved remains of ancient organisms called?
The preserved remains of animals of evidence of their existence are Fossils Fosssils that provide evidence about the past are called trace fossils.
What are the remains of plants and animals that have been preserved in sedimentary rock?
FOSSILS
What is the preserved evidence in rocks of the existence of plants and animals is referred to as?
fossils
The remains of animals and plants which have been preserved in rocks are known as?
fossils
What are animals or plants preserved in sedimentary rocks?
I would say fossils .
Who Preserved remains of ancient organisms?
it depends on how and were they died for example plants turn into peat, then coal animals turn into fossils if they died in the mud or sand animals or plants that are frozen would keep their hair and organs and shape both plants and animals, if nothing happened and they were left out to the elements, would just disintegrate and rot in time
Preserved evidence in rocks of the existence of plants and animals is referred to as?
the corect answer is fossils
What is preserved in ice and snow?
I'm not exactly sure of what you're asking, but what these fossils are called: its frozen fossils. What is preserved in ice or snow are animals like mammoths and polar bears.
What are the animals called when they are preserved in ice or snow?
Animals preserved in ice or snow are commonly referred to as "ice mummies" or "ice age animals." These animals are often well-preserved due to the freezing temperatures, allowing scientists to study their remains and gain insights into their past.
What are marine fossils?
fossils are something like a plant or bone preserved in rock, then when the preserved thing finally decays there is an impression left in the rock. marine fossils are marine animals, plants, or shells (basically anything in the water, hence marine) that are now fossils.
What is the definition for fossil?
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals,plants anything that has life and which were in the past.Like the skeletons of Dinosaurs are there which are also fossils.
