What is the relationship between fossils and sedimentury rock?

Answer 1

Note; it only works for sedimentary rocks ... but if you know approximately how long ago that type of animal lived, then you know about when the rock began to form around it (to form the fossil).

Answer 2

• The appearance or disappearance of types of organisms throughout Earth's history marks important occurrences in geologic time. Paleontologist have been able to divide Earth's history into time units based on the life-forms that have lived only during certain periods the division of Earth's history makes up the Geological Time Scale.

Answer 3

Each genus and species represents a particular stage in geological time, so if you find an exposure bearing a particular, identifiable fossil species it can be "correlated" in age and depositional environment with other formations already know to bear the same fossils.

Answer 4

Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks because sedimentary rocks are formed by the accumulation and cementation of sediment layers, preserving the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago. Fossils provide important evidence of past life forms and environmental conditions. Sedimentary rocks serve as a valuable archive of Earth's history due to the presence of fossils within them.

Answer 5

Fossils - bones, prints, leaves, or other biological matter - are preserved in sedimentary rock and clays.

Answer 6

Fossils are found in beds of sedimentary rocks.eg limestone

Answer 7

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