How do footprints get fossilized?

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How are some dinosaur footprints not just completely filled in with rock.

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They are filled in with rock. Think of foot print fossils like a mold and a cast. What is usually found is the mold – the cast has eroded away. Occasionally we find the cast with no mold. Castelbouc Cave in France has cast tracks on the ceiling

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