State the criteria that should be taken into consideration in order to consider an organism as an Index fossil.

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Harpal Singh · Answer 1 · 2021-08-12T11:58:19+0000

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A useful index fossil must be distinctive or easily recognizable, abundant, and have a wide geographic distribution and a short range through time. Index fossils are the basis for defining boundaries in the geologic time scale and for the correlation of strata.

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