fossil record
A term used by paleontologists (see paleontology) to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered, as well as to the information derived from them. (See evolution of Earth.)
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How to use fossil record in a sentence
The fossil record is too incomplete to reveal the time when the two tribes diverged.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks | John A. WhiteThe fossil record of the kangaroo rats is so scanty that one can but speculate on the evolutionary sequence.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii | Henry W. SetzerAny fossil record of Kinosternon is a welcome find, and these two specimens give new data both as to age and distribution.
Pliocene and Pleistocene Records of Fossil Turtles from Western Kansas and Oklahoma | Edwin C. GalbreathThe skeleton offers a potential fossil record for consideration.
Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae | Marion Anne JenkinsonThe first group consists of the facts of palæontology, or the fossil record of past animal life.
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