How did dinosaurs turn into fosils?

Answer 1

+ "they became fossils because the bones turned into stone leaving them so we could find"

Fossilisation occurs only when creatures are rapidly buried. In the case of fossils they are found in sedimentary rock all over the surface of the Earth. This type of rock is formed by water where particles are broken down, sorted and deposited by the water. Most fossils (95%) are marine creatures such as shells and fish, with less than 1% being land creatures such as dinosaurs. Many fish fossils are found with skin in tact and some even found eating/swallowing other fish at the time they were rapidly buried. Dinosaurs are only found as fossilised bones. The skin etc is missing because during flooding the body has begun to decompose and when buried (fossilised) the bones were the only preseravable part remaining. Most fossils are marine creatures because during flooding, creatures closest to the sea bed will be buried first, whereas creatures higher up from the sea bed (land animals) are less likely to be buried in sediment and will instead decompose on the surface of the water.

See Pierre Julien and Guy Berthault sedimentation experiments 1986.

Answer 2

Some dinosaurs died and were buried quickly enough that they were protected from the elements, rather than decomposing. The remains were preserved like that until the flesh rotted away (in most cases). Afterward, rainwater draining through the ground would have dissolved the minerals from the bone, replacing them with minerals from the sediment the fossil was buried in. Eventually, the bone is replaced by more durable minerals. After being buried deep enough, the sediment turned into rock, protecting the fossil until natural processes and/or human exposed it to the surface again.

Answer 3

Acidic waterlogged sediments formed around the fallen beast triggering a rapid deposit of minerals and trapping organic molecules before they decayed.

Answer 4

First of all the dinosaurs die and over the years the bones are being slowly baried by nataral causes after thousands of years they get squashed and they produce fossil fuels