| 单词 | fossil record |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfossil record fossil record n. Palaeontology a series or sequence of fossils which, dated in correlation with the strata in which they are found, provide material evidence of evolutionary or geological history, esp. that of a particular group of organisms, a region, etc. (in quot. 1863, with the general sense of ‘fossil evidence’, and not a fixed collocation). ΚΠ 1863 Continental Monthly Jan. 80/1 The earliest fossil record of animal life is witness to the simplicity of organic structure.] 1877 N.Y. Times 29 Sept. 3/3 He [sc. Joseph Leconte] requires the admission of a more rapid rate of evolution of life on the globe during critical periods, in order to account for the breaks that occur in the fossil record of life at certain points of the grand chain. 1880 Science 18 Sept. 141/2 The sea-urchins,..with a comparatively complete fossil record, offer a tempting field for speculation. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xiii. 306 Thus in the fossil record a succession of types is really visible, and the succession is definitely one of lower by higher types. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. iii. 151 Many [red seaweeds] acquire a coating of calcium carbonate (which is one reason why their fossil record is so good). < as lemmas |
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