How to Use biota in a Sentence

biota

noun
  • The Huayuan biota fossils broke that pattern.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
  • What makes the Huayuan biota unusual isn’t just the volume.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The collection has been named the Huayuan biota after the county where it was found.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The collection has been named the Huayuan biota, after the county where it was found.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Promotes Digestive Health Fiber is crucial for a healthy gut biota.
    — Melissa Porrey Lpc, Verywell Health, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Keystone herbivore species such as the American bison, elk and mule deer live in grasslands and help to regulate the rich plant biota for other creatures to thrive, Keyser said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • According to Han, the Huayuan biota represents the first major discovery of soft-bodied organisms that lived directly after the Sinsk event.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • While shallow marine ecosystems collapsed under falling oxygen levels, deeper-water species weathered the crisis in more stable conditions, then persisted into the post-extinction world that the Huayuan biota captures.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026

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