0 the fossils in a particular group of rocks that give information about how and when those rocks formed, or the set of all fossils together that can be used to tell the history of the earth --
1 the fossils in a particular group of rocks that give information about how and when those rocks formed --
Taeniosomus lampridiforms are poorly represented in the fossil record.
Their analysis provides the mathematical foundation necessary for understanding the data of the fossil record.
How far back in time can the fossil record of eukaryotes be extended?
In contrast, the terrestrial fossil record is sparse and incomplete.
As with vegetative tissue, it is not possible to assess the desiccation response of early seeds from the fossil record.
As a corollary, the fossil record was implicitly and rhetorically (though not practically) substituted with the molecular record.
This is consistent with rare examples of soft tissue evidence from the body fossil record.
The latter have a chitinous exoskeleton like insects and are often associated with them in the fossil record.
