| 单词 | range zone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrange zone range zone n. Palaeontology a stratigraphic zone consisting of all the strata that are characterized by the presence of a particular fossil species or other distinctive faunal element. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] series1799 system1823 terrain1823 stage1859 group1865 section1882 horizon1926 cyclothem1932 succession1940 range zone1957 1957 E. D. McKee et al. in Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 41 1880 Vertical and horizontal limitations in the absolute three dimensional distribution of individual taxonomic entities in the rocks of the earth's crust provide the basis for biostratigraphic subdivision of strata into range-zones or zones comprising the total body of strata through which specimens of a particular taxonomic entity..range or occur. 1976 H. D. Hedberg Internat. Stratigr. Guide vi. 53 A biostratigraphic range-zone may represent the stratigraphic range of some one taxonomic unit.., or of a grouping of taxons, or of a lineage or segment of a lineage, or of any particular paleontological feature whatsoever. 1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) i. 24/2 A range zone usually represents the total range of a particularly useful selected element in the fauna... Each range zone is always named after a particular species which occurs within it. < as lemmas |
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