biochronology
/ˌbʌɪəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/Chiefly Palaeontology
noun
The use of biological evidence to deduce the order in which past events occurred; especially the determination of the sequence in which groups of prehistoric organisms appeared and became extinct; the branch of science concerned with this.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Geografiska Annaler. From bio- + chronology.