誘ゆう導どう化か石せき

noun

derived fossil

Technical term in paleontology for a fossil that has been transported from its original location and redeposited in younger strata.

• 誘ゆう導どう化か石せきは、本ほん来らいの地ち層そうとは異ことなる場ば所しょで発はっ見けんされることがある。

  Derived fossils are sometimes found in strata different from their original formation.