A stratigraphic layer in one location overwhelmingly represents one species, while the same species is discovered in a similar stratigraphic layer hundreds of kilometers away.What method is used to provide an estimate of age for this layer and this species?
A) biostratigraphic dating
B) dendrochronologic dating
C) Steno's law of superposition
D) carbon 14 dating
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Q1: Which era saw the proliferation of mammals?
A)Holocene
B)Cenozoic
C)Jurassic
D)Mesozoic
Q4: Crucial to creating a fossil record of
Q5: The study of fossils is called
A) phylogeny.
B)
Q6: The three eras that make up Earth
Q7: Earth's age is _ billion years, and
Q10: Igneous rock can be dated with which
Q11: Most of the early hominin fossils discovered
Q12: The study of what happens to an
Q13: An index fossil, such as the Irish
Q14: Eras are
A) divisions in geologic time divided
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