biostratigraphic
- a word derived from biostratigraphy.
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By refining global biostratigraphic frameworks and calibrating species' evolutionary timelines, INA researchers transform fossils of coccolithophores into precise tools for reconstructing ancient oceans, linking modern plankton ecology with the geological record of climate change.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
Conodonts are another example of microfossils useful for biostratigraphic correlation of the Cambrian through Triassic Periods.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Geologic time is vast, providing plenty of time for the evolution of various lifeforms, and some of these have become preserved as fossils that can be used for biostratigraphic correlation.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Some of the best fossils for biostratigraphic correlation are microfossils, most of which came from single-celled organisms.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Scientists in the 1960s carried out a fundamental biostratigraphic correlation that tied Triassic conodont zonation into ammonoids, which are extinct ancient cousins of the pearly nautilus.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
