(n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
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Fossiliferous
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(a.) Containing or composed of fossils.
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(1) Isotopic determinations on a tuff below the fossiliferous horizon gives dates of 4.96 my and 5.25 my.
(2) Sediments in the Tugen Hills, west of Lake Baringo, Kenya, form one of the best fossiliferous successions known in Africa spanning the period from 14 my to less than 4 my.