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biostratigraphy

biostratigraphy noun: the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.

Noun

biostratigraphy (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of biostratigraphy

From bio- + stratigraphy.

Words formed from biostratigraphy

Questions about biostratigraphy

What does biostratigraphy mean?
Biostratigraphy means the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
What part of speech is biostratigraphy?
Biostratigraphy is a noun.

Words near biostratigraphy in the dictionary

  1. biostratigrapher
  2. biostratigraphers
  3. biostratigraphic
  4. biostratigraphical
  5. biostratigraphically
  6. biostratigraphy
  7. biostratinomic
  8. biostratinomically
  9. biostratinomy
  10. biostromal
  11. biostrome

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