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index fossil

Remains of a plant or animal of a species that is known to have lived only during a specific time period. The discovery of such a fossil in an archaeological site is circumstantial evidence of the approximate time period that it was occupied. Fossil bones of horse and elephant related species are often used to relatively date fossils of our ancestors. Index fossils are used for biostratigraphy.

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