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BIOZONE [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-05-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Paleontology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- zonule
1, record 1, English, zonule
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a subdivision of a biozone or subbiozone. 2, record 1, English, - zonule
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Paléontologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- zonule
1, record 1, French, zonule
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2009-08-12
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
- Evolution (Biology)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- first appearance datum
1, record 2, English, first%20appearance%20datum
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
- FAD 1, record 2, English, FAD
correct
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- first apparition datum 2, record 2, English, first%20apparition%20datum
correct, rare
- FAD 2, record 2, English, FAD
correct, rare
- FAD 2, record 2, English, FAD
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The first (oldest) appearance of a species in the geologic record. 3, record 2, English, - first%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
One of the things that paleontologists try to do is to identify the age at which a species first evolves(this is called the FAD; the First Appearance Datum) and the age at which a species dies off(the LAD; last appearance datum). The time between the FAD and the LAD of a species is considered its Biozone. 4, record 2, English, - first%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
FADs represent the geologically oldest fossil of a particular species that has yet been discovered. 3, record 2, English, - first%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
first apparition datum (FAD): term and abbreviation used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 2, English, - first%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
First appearance datum level. 5, record 2, English, - first%20appearance%20datum
Record 2, Key term(s)
- first-appearance datum
- first-apparition datum
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
- Évolution (Biologie)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- première apparition
1, record 2, French, premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- événement d'apparition 2, record 2, French, %C3%A9v%C3%A9nement%20d%27apparition
correct, masculine noun
- apparition 3, record 2, French, apparition
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cette rapidité d'expansion contraste avec l'échelonnement de l'extinction des espèces en déclin, qui permet de suivre leur parcours paléobiogéographique et signaler avec précision leur centre d'extinction; et (ii) des données biostratigraphiques, qui montrent la préférence habituelle des biostratigraphes pour les événements d'apparition des espèces (FADs = first appearance datum) pour fixer des limites géochronologiques aussi brèves que possible, au lieu des événements d'extinction (LADs = last appearance datum) généralement considérés plus fréquemment diachrones. 2, record 2, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'espèce peut être considérée comme l'unité de base en biostratigraphie et comme tout autre unité naturelle elle comporte une limite inférieure, une limite supérieure et une épaisseur. L'enchaînement vertical des espèces est ainsi caractérisée par : apparition = FAD «First Appearance Datum» (limite inférieure); durée de vie = extension verticale (épaisseur); disparition = LAD «Last Appearance Datum» (limite supérieure). 3, record 2, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
première apparition : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 2, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Niveau de première apparition. 1, record 2, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 PHR
Première apparition d'un taxon. 4, record 2, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20apparition
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2009-08-12
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
- Evolution (Biology)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- last appearance datum
1, record 3, English, last%20appearance%20datum
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
- LAD 1, record 3, English, LAD
correct
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- last apparition datum 2, record 3, English, last%20apparition%20datum
correct, rare
- LAD 3, record 3, English, LAD
correct, rare
- LAD 3, record 3, English, LAD
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The last recorded occurrence of a key taxon in biological history. 4, record 3, English, - last%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
One of the things that paleontologists try to do is to identify the age at which a species first evolves(this is called the FAD; the First Appearance Datum) and the age at which a species dies off(the LAD; last appearance datum). The time between the FAD and the LAD of a species is considered its Biozone. 5, record 3, English, - last%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
last appearance datum (LAD): term and abbreviation used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 6, record 3, English, - last%20appearance%20datum
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Last appearance datum level. 6, record 3, English, - last%20appearance%20datum
Record 3, Key term(s)
- last-appearance datum
- last-apparition datum
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
- Évolution (Biologie)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- dernière présence
1, record 3, French, derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- dernière apparition 2, record 3, French, derni%C3%A8re%20apparition
correct, feminine noun
- disparition 3, record 3, French, disparition
correct, feminine noun
- extinction 4, record 3, French, extinction
correct, feminine noun
- événement d'extinction 5, record 3, French, %C3%A9v%C3%A9nement%20d%27extinction
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Sommet de l'écozone d'un taxon. 2, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cette rapidité d'expansion contraste avec l'échelonnement de l'extinction des espèces en déclin, qui permet de suivre leur parcours paléobiogéographique et signaler avec précision leur centre d'extinction; et (ii) des données biostratigraphiques, qui montrent la préférence habituelle des biostratigraphes pour les événements d'apparition des espèces (FADs = first appearance datum) pour fixer des limites géochronologiques aussi brèves que possible, au lieu des événements d'extinction (LADs = last appearance datum) généralement considérés plus fréquemment diachrones. 5, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] entre janvier 1997 (dernière présence certifiée) et mai 1998 (début du programme de recherche), l'essaim d'H. speluncola a disparu. Un échantillonnage du très faible peuplement restant nous révéla une dominance de l'espèce H. margalefi avec de rares H. speluncola dispersées. Au cours des mois suivants, cette dernière espèce s'est faite de plus en plus rare et le dernier individu a été observé en juin 1999. 6, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les temps géologiques sont marqués par la disparition d'un grand nombre de taxons (pics) suivie d'apparition d'un nombre parfois plus important de taxons. 7, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Le Dr Jeremy Thomas, directeur du Centre du Conseil de la Recherche sur l'Environnement Naturel pour l'Écologie et l'Hydrologie, dans le Dorset, a déclaré : «Il y a eu cinq grands bouleversements dans toute l'histoire passée, alors qu'en une très courte période seulement, environ 65 à 95 % des espèces ont disparu. Personne n'affirme que nous sommes à ce niveau d'extinction des espèces pour l'instant, mais nous disons que le niveau est dangereusement élevé.» 8, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'espèce peut être considérée comme l'unité de base en biostratigraphie et comme tout autre unité naturelle elle comporte une limite inférieure, une limite supérieure et une épaisseur. L'enchaînement vertical des espèces est ainsi caractérisée par : apparition = FAD «First Appearance Datum» (limite inférieure); durée de vie = extension verticale (épaisseur); disparition = LAD «Last Appearance Datum» (limite supérieure). 9, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
dernière présence; disparition; extinction : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 10, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Niveau de dernière présence, de disparition, d'extinction. 11, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 PHR
Dernière apparition d'un taxon. 2, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 PHR
Disparition d'un taxon. 10, record 3, French, - derni%C3%A8re%20pr%C3%A9sence
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2008-01-22
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
- Biogeography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- concurrent-range zone
1, record 4, English, concurrent%2Drange%20zone
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- concurrent range zone 2, record 4, English, concurrent%20range%20zone
correct
- overlap zone 3, record 4, English, overlap%20zone
correct
- range-overlap zone 3, record 4, English, range%2Doverlap%20zone
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A type of biozone established by plotting the overlapping ranges of fossils that have different geologic ranges. 2, record 4, English, - concurrent%2Drange%20zone
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The first and last occurrences of fossils are used to establish concurrent range zone boundaries. 2, record 4, English, - concurrent%2Drange%20zone
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
- Biogéographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- zone d'extension concomitante
1, record 4, French, zone%20d%27extension%20concomitante
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- zone de concomitance 2, record 4, French, zone%20de%20concomitance
correct, feminine noun
- zone de coexistence 2, record 4, French, zone%20de%20coexistence
correct, feminine noun
- zone de chevauchement 2, record 4, French, zone%20de%20chevauchement
correct, feminine noun, less frequent
- zone de concurrence 3, record 4, French, zone%20de%20concurrence
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] portion coïncidente des zones d'extension de deux ou plusieurs taxons déterminés. 4, record 4, French, - zone%20d%27extension%20concomitante
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'objectif, pour définir une zone d'extension concomitante, est de retenir ceux des taxons chevauchants qui ont le maximum de signification quant au temps, et de possibilité d'extension géographique. 4, record 4, French, - zone%20d%27extension%20concomitante
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2007-11-26
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- Oppel-zone
1, record 5, English, Oppel%2Dzone
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- Oppel zone 2, record 5, English, Oppel%20zone
correct, see observation
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A biozone characterized by an association of selected taxons of restricted and largely concurrent range, chosen as indicative of approximative contemporaneity. 3, record 5, English, - Oppel%2Dzone
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Not all of the taxons considered diagnostic need be present at any one place for the zone to be legitimately identified. The lower part is commonly marked largely by first appearance, and the upper part by last appearance, of certain taxons; the body of the zone is marked largely by concurrence of the diagnostic taxons. 3, record 5, English, - Oppel%2Dzone
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Albert Oppel, in 1856, introduced the concept of zone (also known as biozones or Oppel zone). 4, record 5, English, - Oppel%2Dzone
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Oppel zone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 5, English, - Oppel%2Dzone
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- zone d'Oppel
1, record 5, French, zone%20d%27Oppel
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- zone oppélienne 2, record 5, French, zone%20opp%C3%A9lienne
feminine noun
- Oppel-zone 3, record 5, French, Oppel%2Dzone
avoid, feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] zone considérée par une association ou un assemblage de taxons choisis d'extension restreinte et largement concomitante, indicative d'une contemporanéité approximative. 2, record 5, French, - zone%20d%27Oppel
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
zone d'Oppel : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 5, French, - zone%20d%27Oppel
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2003-09-24
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Geology
- Ecosystems
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- biozone
1, record 6, English, biozone
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- biostratigraphic zone 2, record 6, English, biostratigraphic%20zone
correct
- biostratigraphical zone 3, record 6, English, biostratigraphical%20zone
correct
- biostratigraphic assemblage zone 4, record 6, English, biostratigraphic%20assemblage%20zone
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A body of strata whose content of fossils constitutes a natural association that distinguishes it from adjacent strata. 4, record 6, English, - biozone
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A general term for any kind of biostratigraphic unit, e.g. acme zone, interval zone, range zone, etc., ... 5, record 6, English, - biozone
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The biozone is the basic unit in biostratigraphic classification and generally the smallest biostratigraphic unit on which intercontinental or worldwide correlations can be established. 5, record 6, English, - biozone
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
- Écosystèmes
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- biozone
1, record 6, French, biozone
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- zone biostratigraphique 2, record 6, French, zone%20biostratigraphique
feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Couche géologique caractérisée par les fossiles qu'elle renferme. 3, record 6, French, - biozone
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Fraction de base des divisions biostratigraphiques. 3, record 6, French, - biozone
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Geología
- Ecosistemas
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- biozona
1, record 6, Spanish, biozona
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Estrato geológico caracterizado por los fósiles que contiene. 2, record 6, Spanish, - biozona
Record 7 - internal organization data 1989-04-11
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- subbiozone
1, record 7, English, subbiozone
correct, see observation
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- subzone 1, record 7, English, subzone
correct, see observation
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A subdivision of a biozone, next lower in rank than the zone itself. 2, record 7, English, - subbiozone
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is a biostratigraphic unit that is usually recognizable across a continent ... 2, record 7, English, - subbiozone
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS
"Bio" should be used in front of the term zone to distinguish biostratigraphic zones from other kinds of zones whenever there is any danger of confusion. 3, record 7, English, - subbiozone
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- sous-biozone
1, record 7, French, sous%2Dbiozone
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- sous-zone 1, record 7, French, sous%2Dzone
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Toute biozone peut être divisée en sous-zones (sous-biozones) pour exprimer de plus fins détails biostratigraphiques. 1, record 7, French, - sous%2Dbiozone
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1989-04-11
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- barren intrazone
1, record 8, English, barren%20intrazone
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Interval without fossils within a biozone. 2, record 8, English, - barren%20intrazone
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
(...) the barren intrazone near the top of the Exus albus assemblage-zone. 3, record 8, English, - barren%20intrazone
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- intrazone stérile
1, record 8, French, intrazone%20st%C3%A9rile
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- intervalle stérile intrazonal 2, record 8, French, intervalle%20st%C3%A9rile%20intrazonal
masculine noun
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
(...) intervalles non fossilifères (...) à l'intérieur même des biozones (...). 3, record 8, French, - intrazone%20st%C3%A9rile
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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