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Fossils of animals that lived in the ocean have been found on land in sedimentary rock What is the best explanation for this?
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∙ 14y ago
The Earths crust has been moving around for millions of years. many places where we noe find fossils that lived in the ocean were once under the water. land being pushed up and the water level in the oceans dropping explain why fossils are now found on dry land.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoBy uplift of the crust.
If you take a piece of paper, place it on the desk and push it together from both sides, it will lift up in the middle like a mountain. This is how mountains form, by two pieces of the earth pushing together and squeezing it up.
If the piece of earth pushed up had fossils buried in it, then these fossils will still be there in the mountain.
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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.
Does igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks contain fossils?
No. In general, there are no fossils in igneous or metamorphic rocks, because the high heat and pressure involved would destroy any fossils. Fossils are almost always found in sedimentary rock.
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.
Fossils are most commonly found in which type of rock?
sedimentary :)
Are mammal fossils found in rock?
Fossils of animals and plants can be found in sedimentary rock (limestone, chalk, slate, etc).
Are fossils found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?
no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.
Which type of rock is where fossils are found?
They are mostly found in Sedimentary Rocks
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.
Type of rock in which most fossils are found?
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
Why are fossils found mostly in a sedimentary rock?
Because when the lava killed the animals, their remains stayed in the lava and dried to become sedimentary rock.
Fossils are usually found in?
sedimentary rock
Most fossils are found and what type of rock?
Sedimentary
What can animals not be preserved in as fossils?
Animals are not preserved as fossils. Fossils are imprints of the organism where the body has been replaced by rock minerals. They are most usually found in sedimentary rocks, occasionally in metamorphic rock but never in igneous rock.
What sedimentary rock often has fossils?
Paleontologists are looking for fossils in sedimentary rock.
What rock type in which you might find fossils?
sedimentary rocks are what fossils are found in
What type of rock can fossils occur in?
Fossils occur in, or can be found in sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks of a sedimentary origin.
