biostratigraphy

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ stratigraphy.

Noun

biostratigraphy (uncountable)

1. (biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
   • 2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:

     It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention.

Derived terms

• biostratigrapher

 

Translations

the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil

• Catalan: biostratigrafia (ca) f, bioestratigrafia (ca) f
• Finnish: biostratigrafia
• Irish: bithstratagrafaíocht f
• Italian: biostratigrafia f
• Polish: biostratygrafia (pl) f
• Spanish: bioestratigrafía f