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Fossils form into sedimentary rock by the sediment being pressed together over time it forms sedimentary rock.

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Fossils do not form "into" sedimentary rock, but as the question says, are in many, though not all sedimentary rocks. A fossil is the cast of a dead organism whose decayed-away tissues or bones are replaced by minerals in the parent sediment.

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What type of rocks can contain fossils on them?

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What rock form may contain fossils?

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