Because sedimentary rocks are the only rocks that don't completely erode away the remains. If you had igneous rock with a skeleton in it, over a long period of time it would be gone because of all the processes.
Sediments are the ideal medium for fossil formation and preservation. An organism that is quickly covered by blowing sand, or sinks in a tar pit, or falls to the bottom of a lake or ocean and is covered by falling sediments from above stands a fairly good chance of winding up in the fossil record if the sediments become sedimentary rock. On the other hand, igneous rocks are formed from solidified magma; the odds of an organism or trace of an organism surviving exposure to molten rock is unlikely, but not unheard of. Metamorphic rock is igneous or sedimentary rock that has been transformed by heat and/or pressure. The heat and pressure may cause recrystallization, folding, or squashing of a rock that contains fossils, making the fossils unrecognizable due to distortion. Once again, fossils appearing in metamorphic rock are highly unusual, but not unheard of.
no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.
They are mostly found in Sedimentary Rocks
No. Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks, and granite is an igneous rock.
Sedimentary
sedimentary rocks are what fossils are found in
no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.
Sedimentary rocks
They are mostly found in Sedimentary Rocks
Of curse there are, they are mainly located in sedimentary rocks, the only rocks in which fossils can be found.
No. Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks, and granite is an igneous 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.
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
Sedimentary rocks are found only at the surface of the ground
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary
Paleontologists are looking for fossils in sedimentary rock.
sedimentary rocks are what fossils are found in