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Yes. They're known as TRACE FOSSILS, as opposed to the BODY FOSSILS that are the preserved bones of ancient organisms. Trace fossils should not be dismissed as immaterial or relatively useless. A tremendous amount of information can be gleaned them

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I think fossil found in a sedimentary rock. What would are you?

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A fossil is not a type of rock, (metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous, etc.) but it is in it's own category.

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Sedimentary rocks, like limestone. :D

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