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If the fossil of an organism is found in the deeper layers of earth, then we can predict that:

The extinction of organism has occurred thousands of years ago.

Fossils are formed in sedimentary rock which is formed in layers by the deposition and pressure of sediments on top of each other thus the oldest layers are on the bottom, and the youngest layers are on the top.

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