different between biostratigraphy vs biochronology

biostratigraphy

English

Etymology

bio- +? stratigraphy

Noun

biostratigraphy (uncountable)

  1. (biology, geology) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
    • 2000, Richard Fortey, ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’, London Review of Books, vol. 22 no. 13:
      It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention.

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biochronology

English

Etymology

bio- +? chronology

Noun

biochronology (countable and uncountable, plural biochronologies)

  1. (geology, biology) The dating of rocks by analysis of their fossil content

Related terms

  • biostratigraphy

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  • chronobiology

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