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Rarely a fossil may appear in metamorphic or igneous rock, but the vast majority of fossil evidence presents itself in sedimentary rock. Remains or evidences of life are often preserved by being covered in sediments before decaying or being consumed by predators. The sediments may turn to rock through the process of lithification over time, leaving a record of their presence.
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What type of rock would fossils most likely likely be found in?
Sediment
Where are fossils mostly preserved?
Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock, which is the most common type of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when particles of sediment are deposited by water or wind, and then hardened over time.
What rock types would most likely contain fossil?
Sedimentary rock is the only type of rock that will contain fossils, but there are several types of sedimentary rock.Examples:Clastic Sedimentary Rocks (particles of silt and/or sand that cement together): Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale.Examples:Chemical Sedimentary Rocks (forms when mineral constituents become supersaturated and inorganically precipitate):Evaporates:Halite, GypsumCarbonates:Limestone, Fossiliferous LimestoneSiliceous Rocks: ChertOrganic Sedimentary Rocks: Coal.The rocks listed in BOLD will likely be found with fossils.
Which type of rock is likely to show ripple marks and fossils?
Sedimentary rocks show fossils, because of pre-existing life forms. They also show ripple marks due to weathering and erosion...
What type of scientist is a paleontologest?
Who studies fossils.
Type of rock in which most fossils are found?
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
Fossils are most commonly found in which type of rock?
sedimentary :)
What type of rock have most fossils been discovered in?
sedimentary
What type of rock most commonly hold fossils?
Sedimentary
Most fossils are found and what type of rock?
Sedimentary
What type of rock do you fine fossils?
fossils are fine in metamorphic rock
What type of rock is a fossil?
A fossil is evidence of an organisms existence, not a type of rock. Most fossils are found in sedimentary rocks.
What type of rock would fossils most likely likely be found in?
Sediment
In what type of rack do most fossils form?
A sedimentary rock called shale.
Archaeologists tend to find fossils most often embedded in which type of rock?
Sedimentary rock layers
What type of rock will most likely contain the fossils of animals that once lived in the ocean?
sedimentary rock
What type of rock contain fossis?
Fossils are most commonly found in sedimentary rocks.
