Biochronology
In paleontology, correlation in time of biological events using fossils / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about chronology based on fossil correlation. For correlation tied to stratigraphic units, see Biostratigraphy.
In paleontology, biochronology is the correlation in time of biological events using fossils. In its strict sense, it refers to the use of assemblages of fossils that are not tied to stratigraphic sections (in contrast to biostratigraphy, where they are). Collections of land mammal ages have been defined for every continent except Antarctica, and most are correlated with each other indirectly through known evolutionary lineages. A combination of argon–argon dating and magnetic stratigraphy allows a direct temporal comparison of terrestrial events with climate variations and mass extinctions.