Carbonaceous film

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A carbonaceous film is an organism outline of a fossil. Its a type of fossil found in any rock when organic material is compressed leaving a thick carbon film when an organism is buried under many layers of sediment, pressure and heat may build up, leaving a thin film of carbon residue on rock surfaces.