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Are fossils the most characteristic that is common to metamorphic rocks?
No, metamorphic rock is not conducive to preserving fossils because of the high pressures and temperatures it has been subjected to that destroys organic matter. Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
Are mammal fossils found in rock?
Fossils of animals and plants can be found in sedimentary rock (limestone, chalk, slate, etc).
What sedimentary rock often has fossils?
Paleontologists are looking for fossils in sedimentary rock.
What rock is most commonly found in the Earth's crust?
Igneous rock, and specifically basalt.
Do all rocks form fossils?
No, fossils are actually very difficult to find. The majority of fossils found are marine invertebrates. They are usually found in sedimentary rock. However, there is plenty of sedimentary rock that contains no fossils at all.
What type of rock contain fossis?
Fossils are most commonly found in sedimentary rocks.
What rock are most marine animal fossils in?
The most marine fossils are found in sedimentary rock
Where is most fossil evidence found?
Fossils are found most commonly in layers of sedimentary rock. This type of rock begins to form when water and wind form layers of sand and silt.
What type of rocks have fossils found in them?
Fossils are nearly always found in some type of sedimentary rock. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which very commonly contains fossils, as is coal.
What are fossils commonly found in?
Fossils are the remains of an animal that have been preserved in rock. This process is called fossilization. They are commonly found all over the world, but many fossils are found where ancient seas that have dried up, like the Badlands. Other fossils are found where an animal died and was eventually buried under fossilized dirt, mud, or even sand. any creature with an exoskeleton or endoskeleton can be fossilized. But most creatures in the Precambrian and Archean Periods were not fossilized because of their lack of a skeleton. Jellyfish will also just dissolve when dead.
The kind of rock that you are most likely to find in fossils?
Fossils are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock.
Type of rock in which most fossils are found?
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
What type of rock most commonly hold fossils?
Sedimentary
Most fossils are found and what type of rock?
Sedimentary
Fossil are found mainly in what kind of rock?
For a variety of reasons, most fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
Which type of rock is where fossils are found?
They are mostly found in Sedimentary Rocks
Fossils are most likely found in what rock?
No. They are usually found in sedimentary rock.
