fossiliferous
/fos-uh-lif-er-uhs/US // ˌfɒs əˈlɪf ər əs //UK // (ˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs) //
化石质,化石类,化石性,含化石的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
Examples
Somebody has styled fossiliferous rocks 'monuments of the felicity of past ages.'
Now, the fossiliferous strata of our globe afford similar proofs of varying climatic and physical conditions.
The Upper Devonian is less fossiliferous, but contains some large trilobites, various marine shells, and some land-plants.
This survey has developed the older fossiliferous rocks, with a fullness and distinctness unknown elsewhere.
Above is the hard fossiliferous limestone, which is a base-bed in Western Palestine.
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