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The main kind of dinosaur fossils are dinosaur bones buried in the earth. Paleontologists dig them up and assemble them. Other kinds of fossils are footprints that were laid down in mud that hardened, eggs that were covered with mud that hardened, and the outlines of skin or feathers. Scientists are trying to recover dinosaur DNA.Dinosaur fossils are any piece of evidence that was preserved in some form, and was left by dinosaurs. These include remains, such as bones and eggshells, as well as footprints. Even dinosaur dung is considered a fossil!A dinosaur fossil is a part of the animal that lived millions of years ago, or the shape of one of the parts of the dinosaur that is now preserved in a rock.
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock exposures.
An ideal sequence of rock layers that contains all the known fossils and rock.
Fossils are nearly always found in some type of sedimentary rock. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which very commonly contains fossils, as is coal.
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a dinosaur footprint is a trace fossil
The main kind of dinosaur fossils are dinosaur bones buried in the earth. Paleontologists dig them up and assemble them. Other kinds of fossils are footprints that were laid down in mud that hardened, eggs that were covered with mud that hardened, and the outlines of skin or feathers. Scientists are trying to recover dinosaur DNA.Dinosaur fossils are any piece of evidence that was preserved in some form, and was left by dinosaurs. These include remains, such as bones and eggshells, as well as footprints. Even dinosaur dung is considered a fossil!A dinosaur fossil is a part of the animal that lived millions of years ago, or the shape of one of the parts of the dinosaur that is now preserved in a rock.
Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.
Though somewhat rare, either rock type could contain fossils.
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sedimentary rock
The kind of rock is sedimentary.