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Definition of Subfossils
1. subfossil [n] - See also: subfossil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfossils
Literary usage of Subfossils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"... and doubtless many more such will be found on closer investigation, lacustrine
or fluviatile shells (subfossils) occur in the layer overlying the ash. ..."
2. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"... lacustrine or fluviatile shells (subfossils) occur in the layer overlying the
ash. A locality of this kind is found on the right bank not many miles ..."
3. Alaska and the Klondike: A Journey to the New Eldorado with Hints to the by Angelo Heilprin (1899)
"... and doubtless many more such will be found on closer investigation, lacustrine
or fluviatile shells (subfossils) occur in the layer overlying the ash. ..."
4. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"Extant populations (and extinct ones represented by subfossils) isolated from
others by land or water, present an opportunity to examine these issues. 4. ..."
5. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1857)
"If I might venture to speculate, these beaches are much older than those met with
at Callao, as the shells met with, subfossils, at the latter place are ..."
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