Fossils that generate at low y-levels replace bedrock

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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-220867, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.

That ticket has already been resolved as Fixed. The fix for this issue will be included in a future snapshot or release of the game.

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Just to further inform you, this has been fixed in 21w20a.