العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
EspañolFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE
'Faunal Assemblage' is the archaeological or paleontological term for a group of associated animal fossils found together in a given stratum.
The principle of faunal succession is used in biostratigraphy to determine each biostratigraphic unit, or biozone. The biostratigraphic unit being a section of geological strata that is defined on the basis of its characteristic fossil taxa or faunal assemblage.
For example, in East Africa, a distinctive group of animal species, mostly pigs, is characteristic of the fossils preserved from a particular period of time. This faunal assemblage has been used effectively to chronologically correlate the East African early hominid sites.
★ Dawson, Peter Colin (1993) ''From death assemblage to fossil assemblage understanding the nature of intra-site and inter-site variability in faunal assemblages'' National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ISBN 0-315-78415-6
★ Rogers, Alan R. (2000) "On Equifinality in Faunal Analysis" ''American Antiquity'' 65(4): p.709
★ Cabtree, Pam J. (2005) ''Exploring Prehistory: How archaeology reveals our past'' McGraw-Hill, Boston p. 450, ISBN 0-07-297814-7
★ "A Marine Faunal Assemblage"
The principle of faunal succession is used in biostratigraphy to determine each biostratigraphic unit, or biozone. The biostratigraphic unit being a section of geological strata that is defined on the basis of its characteristic fossil taxa or faunal assemblage.
For example, in East Africa, a distinctive group of animal species, mostly pigs, is characteristic of the fossils preserved from a particular period of time. This faunal assemblage has been used effectively to chronologically correlate the East African early hominid sites.
| Contents |
| References |
| External links |
References
★ Dawson, Peter Colin (1993) ''From death assemblage to fossil assemblage understanding the nature of intra-site and inter-site variability in faunal assemblages'' National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ISBN 0-315-78415-6
★ Rogers, Alan R. (2000) "On Equifinality in Faunal Analysis" ''American Antiquity'' 65(4): p.709
★ Cabtree, Pam J. (2005) ''Exploring Prehistory: How archaeology reveals our past'' McGraw-Hill, Boston p. 450, ISBN 0-07-297814-7
External links
★ "A Marine Faunal Assemblage"
This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.
psst.. try this: add to faves
