faunal assemblage

English

Noun

faunal assemblage (plural faunal assemblages)

  1. (archaeology, paleontology) A group of different species that commonly associated with one another whose fossils occur together in a particular stratum.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 192:
      Europe’s mammals are described by scientists as comprising faunal assemblages - groups of species that typically occur together.
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