Index Fossil
nounid
77136·updated May 18, 2026verified
a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- guide fossil
- plural
- Index Fossils
- possessive
- Index Fossil's
- pluralpossessive
- Index Fossils'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
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