# Biochron

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A '''biochron''' (from the Greek ''bios'', [life](/source/life); and ''khronos'', [time](/source/time)) is the length of time represented by a [biostratigraphic zone](/source/biozone).  Biochrons are named after characteristic [fossil](/source/fossil) organisms or [taxa](/source/taxon) that characterise that interval in time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223233784 |title=Biochronology and biochron boundaries: A real dilemma or a false problem? An example based on the Pleistocene large mammalian faunas from Italy |website=ResearchGate |language=en |access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070426033943/http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/TimeScale.html North American Mammalian Time Scale] Retrieved June 18, 2007

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Category:Biochronology

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