单词 | facies fossil |
释义 | > as lemmasfacies fossil facies fossil n. Geology a fossil that is characteristic of a stratigraphic facies as a result of the restricted kind of environment tolerated by the original organism. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > characteristic of specific strata index fossil1900 zone fossil1904 facies fauna1923 facies fossil1923 1923 L. D. Stamp Introd. Stratigr. xii. 194 In Germany the ‘facies-fossils’ of the Muschelkalk do reappear at a much higher horizon. 1950 Jrnl. Paleontol. 24 492/2 The ‘index fossil’ reigns supreme as the indicator of time-span, and the lowly ‘facies fossil’ (a misnomer that creates a multitude of false impressions..) is shrugged off. 1995 P. C. Lyons & R. H. Wagner in P. C. Lyons et al. Hist. Perspective Carboniferous Paleobot. N. Amer. 296 Today that Walchia is a facies fossil and has little biostratigraphic value. < as lemmas |
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