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The dating of fossil animals and plants, by counting the ridges on fossil shells and corals, is known as

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Palaeochronology

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Sporotogy

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Cotallology

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Dendrochronology

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Solution

The correct option is A Palaeochronology
Paleontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the past and reconstruct and the use of fossils to work out the chronological order in which rocks were formed.
So, the correct option is 'Palaeochronology'.

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