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==Biostratigraphic utility of microfossil groups==
 
==Biostratigraphic utility of microfossil groups==
 
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[[File:Ch17chart1.png|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.]]
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Ch17chart1.png|{{figure number|1}}Geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.
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applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|{{figure number|2}}Paleoenvironments of various microfossil groups.
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[[:file:Ch17chart1.png|Figure 1]] shows the geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.
 
[[:file:Ch17chart1.png|Figure 1]] shows the geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.
  
 
==Environmental distribution of microfossil groups==
 
==Environmental distribution of microfossil groups==
 
[[file:applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|thumb|{{figure number|2}}Paleoenvironments of various microfossil groups.]]
 
  
 
[[:file:applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|Figure 2]] shows the paleoenvironments of various microfossil groups. The width of the bar represents the relative importance of each microfossil group.
 
[[:file:applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|Figure 2]] shows the paleoenvironments of various microfossil groups. The width of the bar represents the relative importance of each microfossil group.
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Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
Series Treatise in Petroleum Geology
Part Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
Chapter Applied paleontology
Author Robert L. Fleisher, H. Richard Lane
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Since a species persists only for a limited amount of geologic time and only in a specific environment, microfossils can be used to date the rocks in which they are found (biostratigraphy) and to indicate the environment in which the sediment was deposited (paleoecology).

Biostratigraphic utility of microfossil groups

Figure 1 shows the geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.

Environmental distribution of microfossil groups

Figure 2 shows the paleoenvironments of various microfossil groups. The width of the bar represents the relative importance of each microfossil group.

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