neostratotype

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

neo- +‎ stratotype

Noun[edit]

neostratotype (plural neostratotypes)

  1. (geology) A stratotype designated after the holostratotype as a replacement for it (in the case of it being rendered inaccessible to geologists) to describe a stratigraphic unit.