faunule Ecol.
(ˈfɔːnjuːl)
Also faunula.
[mod.L., dim. of fauna.]
The fauna of a specified small habitat, esp. a group of fossils from one small area.
| 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1928 Amer. Midland Naturalist Jan. 21 A zonule is the stratum or strata which contain a faunule. 1936 Proc. Prehist. Soc. II. 166 This faunule indicates very damp conditions and it probably represents a willow-alder marsh. 1938 Carpenter Ecol. Gloss. 308 Faunula, the entire animal population of a small unit area. 1953 Breviora xii (title) A cave faunule from western Puerto Rico. |