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thanatocoenose

/θəˌnætəʊˈsiːnəʊs/

thanatocoenose noun: a collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.

Noun

thanatocoenose (plural thanatocoenoses)

  1. A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
    • This sort of thanatocoenose is typical of lakes with a semi-arid climate (Early Triassic period in the Kuznetsk Basin, Middle Jurassic- Lower Cretaceous of Middle Asia).1977, H. Löffler, D. Danielopol, Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda, page 454
    • The fossil diatom assemblage or thanatocoenose found in sediments typially represents as little as 1-5% of the original living assemblage or biocoenose.1989, Hans M. Bolli, John B. Saunders, Katharina Perch-Nielsen, Plankton Stratigraphy, volume 2, page 764
    Synonyms:
    thanatocoenosis, death assemblage

thanatocoenose meaning in Malay

thanatocoenose in Malay

dead life forms found together
tanatosenosis

Synonyms of thanatocoenose

Forms of thanatocoenose

pluralthanatocoenoses

Origin of thanatocoenose

From thanato- + coenose.

Questions about thanatocoenose

What does thanatocoenose mean?
Thanatocoenose means a collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
What is thanatocoenose in Malay?
Thanatocoenose in Malay is tanatosenosis. See Thanatocoenose meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is thanatocoenose?
Thanatocoenose is a noun.
How do you pronounce thanatocoenose?
Thanatocoenose is pronounced /θəˌnætəʊˈsiːnəʊs/.
What is the plural of thanatocoenose?
The plural of thanatocoenose is thanatocoenoses.

Words near thanatocoenose in the dictionary

  1. thanatists
  2. thanato-
  3. thanatocentric
  4. thanatochemical
  5. thanatochemistry
  6. thanatocoenose
  7. thanatocoenoses
  8. thanatocoenosis
  9. thanatocracies
  10. thanatocracy
  11. thanatocratic

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