Clastic Sedimentary Rocks

Conglomerates

(Not good for fossil collecting)

Breccias

(Terrible for fossil collecting)

Sandstones

(Most are not so good for fossils)

Mudstones/
Shales

(Shales are commonly stuffed full of fossils)

Coal

(Some coal deposits yield spectacular fossils; most do not.)

Cows


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