faunula


faunula

(ˈfɔːnjʊlə) or

faunule

n, pl -ulae (-jʊliː) or -ules1. (Zoology) the fauna of a small single environment2. (Palaeontology) fossil fauna, dominated by representatives of a single community, found in a single stratum or in several thin adjacent strata[C20: from fauna + -ule]