fauna
noun
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
faunas
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pluralof fauna.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These include some of the oldest dinosaurs like Nyasasaurus parringtoni from Tanzania and Mbiresaurus raathi from Zimbabwe, as well as rich dinosaur faunas from South Africa, Tanzania, Niger, and Morocco.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
"This is one of the most diverse marine faunas seen anywhere, at any time in history, and it existed just before the marine reptiles and the dinosaurs went extinct," Dr Longrich said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
What we argue in the new paper is that several of the faunas are upper Campanian or lower Maastrichtian, and thus date to perhaps 72 Ma or so.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2015
“Definitely there was a change in population leading up to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, so something was happening to the faunas prior to the impact,” he said.
From US News ● Feb. 24, 2011
Some faunas formerly reported as Permian are now known to be considerably older.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington
