Get to know Fossiliferous better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like remains.
Fossiliferous in a sentence
Fossiliferous meaning
Containing fossils.
Synonyms of Fossiliferous
Using Fossiliferous
- The main meaning on this page is: Containing fossils.
- Useful related words include: remains.
Context around Fossiliferous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fossiliferous
- In this selection, "fossiliferous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cambrian, rock, cliffs and strata stand out and add context to how "fossiliferous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fields as fossiliferous and fossiliferous limestone slab. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fossiliferous" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fossiliferous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Third, words lifted from specialized fields, as "fossiliferous". (8 words)
Fossiliferous limestone slab from the Liberty Formation (Upper Ordovician) of Caesar Creek State Park near Waynesville, Ohio. (17 words)
Darwin also pondered the sudden appearance of many groups (i.e. phyla ) in the oldest known Cambrian fossiliferous strata. (19 words)
It was originally named from just a small part of the skull roof, found in the fossiliferous cliffs of Miguasha National Park, Quebec, and described in 1938 as belonging to an early tetrapod. (33 words)
The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers ( strata ) is known as the fossil record. (27 words)
These building stones were quarried from fossiliferous rock layers dated to the Jurassic or Cretaceous periods when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
These building stones were quarried from fossiliferous rock layers dated to the Jurassic or Cretaceous periods when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.
It was originally named from just a small part of the skull roof, found in the fossiliferous cliffs of Miguasha National Park, Quebec, and described in 1938 as belonging to an early tetrapod.
Darwin also pondered the sudden appearance of many groups (i.e. phyla ) in the oldest known Cambrian fossiliferous strata.
Fossiliferous limestone slab from the Liberty Formation (Upper Ordovician) of Caesar Creek State Park near Waynesville, Ohio.
The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers ( strata ) is known as the fossil record.
Third, words lifted from specialized fields, as "fossiliferous".