The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all ...

Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...