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Q: Why do some items form fossils but others do not?
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Why can you not find fossils in other rocks?

Every rocks have formed in special environment some form by lava and some form in sea, raver and lakes so the rock which is formed inside water so they have fossils of specific environment and the rocks form by lava it was hot so there were no possibility to preserved living organism.


What are the geologic periods named from?

Most geologic periods are named for the location where rock formations were first found that contained fossils from that period, some others (e.g. Carboniferous) were named for materials associated with the fossils.


How are brachiopods found?

In fossil form? If so, in a range of fossil sediments! They are some of the most common fossils (In Paleozoic deposits anyway)


What fossils are found in sedimentary rock?

The vast majority of visible fossils are marine invertebrates, animals that live in the sea and have no backbone, mostly animals with a hard outer shell. This would include clams, coral, brachiopods, ammonites, and other animals familiar to us, as well as extinct animals like trilobites and crinoids. In some locations the deposits are dominated by fish fossils and more rarely insects.


What are some fossils of organisms in some meteorites?

No such thing has ever been found to exist. No fossils have been proven to have been found in meteorites. Some scientists claim that they have found tiny fossils in meteorites from Mars but they can not prove the formations in the rocks aren't naturally occurring.

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The half life of C14 is about 5700 years, so items that are a few multiples of this time are suitable for carbon14 dating. Most archaeological items are suitable, and some young fossils.


How long does it take for bones to fossilize?

The amount of time it takes for fossils to form is 12,000 years and 1.2 million years. Some scientists have stated that it can take 200 years for some fossils to form.


Why can you not find fossils in other rocks?

Every rocks have formed in special environment some form by lava and some form in sea, raver and lakes so the rock which is formed inside water so they have fossils of specific environment and the rocks form by lava it was hot so there were no possibility to preserved living organism.


What are the geologic periods named from?

Most geologic periods are named for the location where rock formations were first found that contained fossils from that period, some others (e.g. Carboniferous) were named for materials associated with the fossils.


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Some fossils are found in the sedimentary rocks - along with shells and sediment.


How are brachiopods found?

In fossil form? If so, in a range of fossil sediments! They are some of the most common fossils (In Paleozoic deposits anyway)


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