fossil record
fossil record noun: the collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.
Noun
fossil record (plural fossil records)
- The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.
- Paleontologists study the fossil record.
- But the more that was learned about the fossil record, the more difficult it was to maintain that an entire age, spanning tens of millions of years, had somehow or other gone missing.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 79
- The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.
- Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.
fossil record meaning in Tamil
fossil record in Tamil
- புதைப்படிவப் பதிவு
Forms of fossil record
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Questions about fossil record
- What does fossil record mean?
- Fossil record means the collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.
- What is fossil record in Tamil?
- Fossil record in Tamil is புதைப்படிவப் பதிவு. See Fossil record meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fossil record?
- Fossil record is a noun.
- What is the plural of fossil record?
- The plural of fossil record is fossil records.
Words near fossil record in the dictionary
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