2. Noun. A partially fossilized organism. ¹
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Definition of Subfossil
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfossil
Literary usage of Subfossil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"FOSSIL AND subfossil HORSES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.* I will not attempt here
to trace the connection of the Equidae of the later and middle Tertiary ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"... OH the subfossil Shells of ... —Professor Philipi of Berlin, has lately
published a memoir on the subfossil marine shells of ..."
3. The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh by William Turner (1912)
"Fossil and subfossil specimens. 1. ... subfossil, much injured; approximate length
9 feet 2 inches, greatest breadth 4 feet 6 inches; outer edge of maxilla ..."
4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1838)
"—Professor Philipi of Berlin, has lately published a memoir on the subfossil
marine shells of ... subfossil ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1856)
"*Helix pulchella, small var., subfossil. ... Jamu hills ; Islamabad, Kashmir (also
Ceylon and Malacca). nanus, Benson ; subfossil. ..."
6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1874)
"Helix (Macularia) adonis and efferata, spp. nn., Gomera, subfossil, id. ibid.
pp. 71 & 72, pi. 5. figs. 1 & 2 (Pfeiffer, lc pi. 125). Helix (Iberus? ..."
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