faunal assemblage

noun

faunal assemblage

noun
1

Archaeology, Biology, History, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Paleontology, Sciences A group of different species that commonly associated with one another whose fossils occur together in a particular stratum.

  • Europe’s mammals are described by scientists as comprising faunal assemblages - groups of species that typically occur together.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 192:

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