Meaning

2 senses
  1. The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.

    Paleontologists study the fossil record.

    рее́стр окаменелостейrejéstr okamenelostej

    викопні знахідкиvykopni znaxidky

  2. The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.

    Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The authors looked at two different adaptive radiations in the fossil record.

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the collective record of fossils:
Русский
By meaning 1
the collective record of fossils:

Forms

plural: fossil records
Singularfossil record
Pluralfossil records

regular

See also

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