biozone

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 227 words | Copyright

biozone
1. The total, global, time-stratigraphic range of a given taxon, i.e. all the rocks laid down in the time interval during which that taxon existed.

2. A shortened form of ‘biostratigraphic zone’. See ZONE.

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