biozone
noun [ C ] geology specialized uk/ˈbaɪ.əʊˌzəʊn/ us/ˈbaɪ.oʊˌzoʊn/
生物帶
a type of rock or soil layer in which fossils of a particular group of organisms are found, which come from a particular time in the Earth's history
The rock yielded trilobites representative of the Solenopleuropsis biozone. 这块岩石中含有三叶虫生物带具有代表性的三叶虫。
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- The limestone contains Acadoparadoxides mureroensis, index trilobite of the earliest Middle Cambrian biozone in Spain.
- No evidence of the Pardailhania biozone has been found there.
- The base of the section belongs to the reticulifera subzone, while its top belongs to the bergstroemi biozone, early Nabala to Pirgu in age.