In biostratigraphy, biozones are intervals of geological strata defined based on their characteristic fossil taxa.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by official stratigraphy guidelines and multiple independent academic sources with consistent definitions. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Biozone (wikipedia)
- https://stratigraphy.org/guide/bio (corroboration)
- http://geologylearn.blogspot.com/2015/06/biozone-and-zone-fossil-in.html (corroboration)
- https://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G331/lectures/331biostrat.html (corroboration)