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Meaning of biostratigraphy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.

uncountable

Equivalents

Català bioestratigrafia
Español bioestratigrafía
Suomi biostratigrafia
Gaeilge bithstratagrafaíocht
Italiano biostratigrafia
Polski biostratygrafia

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

biostratinomy biostrome biostructure biostudies biostudy biosuit

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