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What is the name for a fossil that is common to a particular period of geologic time and serves as an indicator for that time?

A. coprolite
B. microfossil
C. index fossil
D. stromatolite

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The answer to your question will be an index fossil because they act as a time reference because they are abundant from it's time period

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