biostratigraphy
nounEtymology From bio- + stratigraphy.
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Biology, Geography, Geology, Natural sciences The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
- 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.2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:
- Derived terms
- biostratigrapher