fossiliferous
bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
Origin of fossiliferous
1Other words from fossiliferous
- non·fos·sil·if·er·ous, adjective
- un·fos·sil·if·er·ous, adjective
Words Nearby fossiliferous
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How to use fossiliferous in a sentence
Somebody has styled fossiliferous rocks 'monuments of the felicity of past ages.'
Now, the fossiliferous strata of our globe afford similar proofs of varying climatic and physical conditions.
Geology | James GeikieThe Upper Devonian is less fossiliferous, but contains some large trilobites, various marine shells, and some land-plants.
Devonshire | Francis A. KnightThis survey has developed the older fossiliferous rocks, with a fullness and distinctness unknown elsewhere.
The Uses of Astronomy | Edward EverettAbove is the hard fossiliferous limestone, which is a base-bed in Western Palestine.
Palestine | Claude Reignier Conder
British Dictionary definitions for fossiliferous
/ (ˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs) /
(of sedimentary rocks) containing fossils
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