The branch of science concerned with rocks, minerals, and fossils dug out of the earth; (also) spec. = palaeontology, n.
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| 释义 | the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeobiology (6) oryctology1753 The branch of science concerned with rocks, minerals, and fossils dug out of the earth; (also) spec. = palaeontology, n. palaeontology1833 The branch of science that deals with extinct and fossil humans, animals, and plants, or more generally with evidence of organic life during the… oryctozoology1857 A treatise on fossil animal remains. palaeontography1857 The description of fossil remains of extinct plants and animals; descriptive palaeontology. palaeobiology1893 The branch of science that deals with the biology of extinct and fossil plants and animals. taphonomy1940 The study of the processes by which animal and plant remains become preserved as fossils. |
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