Question

What is the most common type of fossils? Group of answer choices:

O Trilobite (class Trilobita)
O Snail (class Gastropoda)
O Bryozoan (phylum Bryozoa)
O Foram (order Foraminiferida)
O Cephalopod (class Cephalopoda)

Answer 1

Snail (class Gastropoda)

Step-by-step explanation:

The most common body fossils (here we exclude ichnofossils, that are fossils of footprints, trails and other activities of an organism) in number of occurrences in the collections are of snails of the genus Turitella, which are present in the fossil record from the Cretaceous to the recent periods.