teilzone

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The term "teilzone" refers to a specific stratigraphic unit within a broader "biozone." A biozone is a layer of rock (strata) that contains a particular fossil, indicating it was formed during the existence of that fossilized organism. The teilzone is the local stratigraphic range of that specific fossil within a biozone. Essentially, a teilzone is a more localized version of a biozone, defined by the presence of a particular fossil. The geological time periods corresponding to biozones and teilzones are called biochrons and teilchrons, respectively. The term "zone" is also used synonymously with biozone in stratigraphy.1

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…animal involved, is called a teilzone. The geological time units corresponding to biozones and teilzones are biochrons and teilchrons, respectively. Biozone is also used synonymously with the terms zone and range zone in stratigraphy.
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…animal involved, is called a teilzone. The geological time units corresponding to biozones and teilzones are biochrons and teilchrons, respectively. Biozone is also used synonymously with the terms zone and range zone in stratigraphy.
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