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The best type of rock to find fossils in is sedimentary rock this is laid down over time and will contain dead animal's, fish and crustaceans. Specific types are trilobites and brachiopods.
Fossils can often be found in coal.
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What is the best type of rock for fossil formation?
Sedimentary Rock
What kind of rock would most likely have a fossil in it?
sedimentary
Is sedimentary rock the only kind of rock that has fossils?
Not quite; occasionally fossil traces can be seen in marble - which is a metamorphic rock.
What are ancient organisms preserved in a rock called?
A fossil is any evidence of an organism preserved in rock.
How can index fossils be used to date rock?
Because if you know how old the fossil is, and you find the fossil inside a rock, you know that rock has a maxium age corresponding with the age of the fossil.
What rock is best for fossil hunting?
Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock, so your best bet would be to look at outcrops of limestone, dolostone (or dolomite), and shale.
What kind of rock contain fossil?
sedimentary
The kind of rock that you are most likely to find a fossil?
sedimentary rock
Why are places with more sedimentary rock better places for fossil hunting?
Nearly all fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
What is the best type of rock for fossil formation?
Sedimentary Rock
What kind of rock is made of pieces of rock minerals and remains of living things?
fossil
What kind of rock would most likely have a fossil in it?
sedimentary
Is lava a kind of fossil?
Lava is the liquid rock that comes out of volcanoes.
Is sedimentary rock the only kind of rock that has fossils?
Not quite; occasionally fossil traces can be seen in marble - which is a metamorphic rock.
Fossil are found mainly in what kind of rock?
For a variety of reasons, most fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
What kind of rock are you most likely to find a fossil?
sedimentary because it is the ONLY rock that can contain fossils.
A geologist is studying layers of rock He finds a fossil with an imprint of a shelled animal According to the law of faunal and floral succession what kind of fossil would he most likely find next?
A geologist is studying layers of rock He finds a fossil with an imprint of a shelled animal According to the law of faunal and floral succession what kind of fossil would he most likely find next is a fossil of fishes.
