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Sedimentary rocks form three horizontal layers: strata, singular and stratum. The organisms that fall into the sedimentary rocks, will then be fossilized in each layer.

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Sedimentary rocks are the only rocks that can potentially contain what?

fossils


What Sedimentary rocks are the only rocks that can potentially contain?

fossils


Do igneous rocks usually contain fossils?

Igneous rock is composed of lava or magma that has cooled and solidified. Fossils are only found within the various strata of sedimentary rock.


What types of rocks contain fossils?

Igneous rocks and most metamorphic rocks, of an igneous origin.


Fossils are found only in .?

Sedimentary rocks


Are fossils found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?

no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.


Why are sedimentary rocks the only ones that contain fossils?

They are not the only ones that contain fossils, but they account for the highest percentage of fossil bearing rocks. And that's because their mode of formation supports fossil habitation.


Is there any fossils of dinosaurs?

Of curse there are, they are mainly located in sedimentary rocks, the only rocks in which fossils can be found.


What rock types would most likely contain fossil?

Sedimentary rock is the only type of rock that will contain fossils, but there are several types of sedimentary rock.Examples:Clastic Sedimentary Rocks (particles of silt and/or sand that cement together): Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale.Examples:Chemical Sedimentary Rocks (forms when mineral constituents become supersaturated and inorganically precipitate):Evaporates:Halite, GypsumCarbonates:Limestone, Fossiliferous LimestoneSiliceous Rocks: ChertOrganic Sedimentary Rocks: Coal.The rocks listed in BOLD will likely be found with fossils.


Is it possible for granite to have fossils or shells in it?

No. Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks, and granite is an igneous rock.


Why can’t fossils be formed in metamorphic rock and only in sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks as they cool?

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What does the rock cycle have anything to do with fossils?

Sedimentary rocks are rocks that are formed by layers of different things compacting very tightly. These layers can have a lot of different things in them, like fossils. So, sedimentary rocks are partially made up of fossils.