The index fossil concept:
A) allows widely separated strata to be correlated and assigned to the same time period if they contain the same fossils.
B) is the idea that strata containing similar fossil assemblages are of similar ages.
C) enables archaeologists to characterize and date strata within sites using distinctive artifact forms that research shows to be diagnostic of a particular period of time.
D) All of the answers are correct.

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The index fossil concept encompasses all these ideas: correlating strata based on similar fossils, using fossil assemblages to determine the age of strata, and characterizing and dating strata with distinctive artifacts or fossils indicative of a specific time period.

The Index Fossil Concept