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biostratigraphy
noun
(bio-stra-tig-ra-phy)
the identification of fossils found within sedimentary rock strata as a method of determining the relative geologic age of the rock; also : the branch of paleontology involving such identification
biostratigraphy
noun
(bio-stra-tig-ra-phy)
the arrangement of fossils in rock strata
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