Meaning Of The Word Index fossil

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index fossil in American English
any fossil of wide geographical distribution and a short range in time, used to correlate and date rock strata and their associated fossils
noun: a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used esp. in determining the age of related formations

index fossil in British English
noun: a fossil species that characterizes and is used to delimit a geological zone

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