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When ancient animals and plants died, their bodies might be covered in silt, mud, sand, etc. Over an extremely long time, the sediment may be turned into sedimentary rock. The preserved remains are what we know as fossils.

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Type of rock in which most fossils are found?

Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.


The kind of rock that you are most likely to find in fossils?

Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.


What can you find within layers of sedimentary rock?

As sedimentary rock is deposited at over time, you can find fossils in it.


What do paleontologist often find in sedimentary Rock?

fossils


What is the kind of rock that you are most likely to find fossils in?

Sedimentary rock


What is a rock type in ehich yiu might find fossils?

sedimentary rock


Why are you more likely to find fossils in metomorphic then sedimentay?

You are most likely to find fossils in sedimentary rock.


Something paleontologist often find in the sedimentary rock?

fossils


In which type of rock would you mostly likely find fossil?

You would most likely find fossils in sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers of sediment that accumulate over time, which can help preserve fossils in the rock.


Do sedimantry rocks have seashells?

Not necessarily. While nearly all fossils, including seashells, are found in sedimentary rock, most sedimentary rock does not contain fossils. Even then, those fossils will not necessarily be seashells. If you do find a rock with seashells, though, you can be pretty much guaranteed that it is sedimentary.


Would You find fossils in quartz?

Quartz is a mineral not a rock. Fossils can be found associated with quartz in sedimentary rock not inside the quartz.


Why do rock fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock-?

Fossils are formed in sedimentary rock because the rock is formed at temperatures that do not destroy the fossils like the igneous rocks would.