Definition of "chronological succession" []

• A following of one thing after another in time (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "To recall the chronological succession of its occurrences once again: at the opening of the second century one Christian writer (the author of the Preaching of"
• "For the stratified portion of the earth generally contains fossils which are found more or less frequently, which are so distributed that each group of strata corresponds to a definite collection of species that lived when these strata were deposited. in such a case palæontology determines the chronological succession of the several fauna and flora and studies the mutual relations of the organic remains found at the different localities."