faunal assemblage

noun

A group of different species that commonly associated with one another whose fossils occur together in a particular stratum.

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Meanings

nounfaunal assemblage (plural faunal assemblages)

plural faunal assemblages

  1. archaeologyA group of different species that commonly associated with one another whose fossils occur together in a particular stratum.

    Europe’s mammals are described by scientists as comprising faunal assemblages - groups of species that typically occur together.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 192
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