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adj. Containing or composed of fossils.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Bearing or containing fossils: as, fossiliferous rocks.
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adj. bearing or containing fossils
Word Usage
"Not only may any kind of fossiliferous rocks occur next to the Archæan, but even the "youngest" may be so metamorphosed and crystalline as to resemble exactly in this respect the so-called "oldest" rocks."