The soft parts are more likely to decompose or be eaten than the skeleton, teeth, etc.
An organism that has a hard structure is most likely to become a fossil because it can survive through different weather changes and an organism with a soft structure will most likely dissolve or decompose.
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Partly right. The soft tissues decompose leaving shells or bones, which are not very soluble. The conditions for the remains to become a fossil do include environmental factors such as rapid burial in sediment and lack of damage by, for example, wave action.
As the skin and organs decay, what you are left with is the bone. over years and decades, natural erosion, (wear of the earth and dirt) will compress and form a hardened piece of dirt or clay with an imprint of whatever and been compressed by the dirt.
The hard part of an organism helps to make a fossil because it forms the imprint. Bones and other hard structures will create an outline of their shape in sediment.
Over millions of years the bones and marrow slowly turn to rock. THATS WHY ITS HARD.
The soft parts are more likely to decompose or be eaten than the skeleton, teeth, etc.
because they are minerals
because they are dench
They turn soft
sedimentary rock
Animals that live in water are more likely to become fossilized due to the possibility of more rapid sedimentation.
The most usually fossilized parts of organisms are bones and shells. These are least likely to rot or wear away before they are buried and mineralised. In rare instances the soft parts of the bodies are preserved and are normally shown as thin films on the rock surface.
Answer:No. Vertebrates with a hard skeleton or invertebrates with a hard shell or exoskeleton are far more likely to be preserved. However, on occasion, softer organisms can be fossilized.Answer:If you're referring to body fossils it's nearly always the hard parts that one finds fossilized. However, occasionally a body covering, i.e. feathers, will show up in a carbon film, and a fossil pterodactyl displayed what could possibly be interpreted as hair.But leaving those items aside, there are things known as TRACE FOSSILS, and they require no hard parts at all. All Precambrian fossils that so far have been discovered are trace fossils, and none of the animals that left them boasted any hard parts. Trace fossils are rocky remnants of burrows, trackways, coprolites, any indication that a living organism once lived or marched in the area, all could be considered trace fossils. A great deal can be gleaned from these traces....you would be more than a little surprised at the information that has been extracted from the spoor and little homes of these VERY ancient animals.
Yes
Aquatic
Aniamls with solid substances in their body can be easily preserved in the right conditions and dug up many years later like all the dinosaurs we've found, for example. However, animals like jellyfish that don't have bones in their body are more likely to be preserved like leaves, that are molded into the dirt.
most likley a lizard or a goldfish
The ones full of dead animals
According to experts, the best environments to search for fossils are places near rocks or deserts. Most fossils are preserved in these areas.
Aquatic animals
well,if animals live where people visit i think they should be preserved because ,well,that is where they live. if you were a animal living in the woods wouldn't you want to be preserved and not hurt? if yes this answer is right. if no this answer is wrong.
sedimentary rock
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Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock, which is the most common type of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when particles of sediment are deposited by water or wind, and then hardened over time.
Well If you mean like preserved as in fossilized shell fish (clams and lobsters and such) have the highest fossilization record. The are more likely to be traped in sand, or mud at the bottom of the ocean. But this is just a quick guess
Well If you mean like preserved as in fossilized shell fish (clams and lobsters and such) have the highest fossilization record. The are more likely to be traped in sand, or mud at the bottom of the ocean. But this is just a quick guess