Biostratigraphy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils. uncountable

    "It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention."

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"It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention."

Etymology

From bio- + stratigraphy.

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