homotaxis

homotaxis
homotaxic, homotaxial /hoh'meuh tak"see euhl, hom'euh-/, adj.homotaxially, adv.
/hoh'meuh tak"sis, hom'euh-/, n.
a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
Also, homotaxy.
[1860-65; HOMO- + -TAXIS]

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