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Temporal and environmental distribution of microfossils (view source)
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| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Applied paleontology
| frompg = 17-1
| topg = 17-65
| author = Robert L. Fleisher, H. Richard Lane
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch17/ch17.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
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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==
The chart below shows the geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.
[[file:applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|thumb|{{figure number|17-13}}See text for explanation.]]
==See also==
* [[Stratigraphic and geographic distribution of fossils]]
* [[Biogeography]]
* [[Paleoclimatology]]
* [[Taphonomy and provenance]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch17/ch17.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Applied paleontology]]
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps
| chapter = Applied paleontology
| frompg = 17-1
| topg = 17-65
| author = Robert L. Fleisher, H. Richard Lane
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch17/ch17.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
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==
The chart below shows the geologic periods in which various microfossil groups existed and those periods for which the groups are most useful for dating.
[[file:applied-paleontology_fig17-13.png|thumb|{{figure number|17-13}}See text for explanation.]]
==See also==
* [[Stratigraphic and geographic distribution of fossils]]
* [[Biogeography]]
* [[Paleoclimatology]]
* [[Taphonomy and provenance]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch17/ch17.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Predicting the occurrence of oil and gas traps]]
[[Category:Applied paleontology]]