what is a imprint fossil definition
An imprint fossil is a fossil that was left when something left an imprint in a rock or other type of sediment and then became mineralized into a fossil.Many leaves, footprints, and other similar artifacts would be lost to history without the formation of these imprint fossils. Talk as an entire class about that particular picture of an imprint fossil and what can be determined from it before handing out the hands-on imprint fossils to the lab groups. 2  If necessary or to provide a way to assess this activity, it is possible to ask the lab groups to answer some questions like the following: