fossilologyn.
/fɒsᵻˈlɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌfɑsəˈlɑlədʒi/ rare.
The study or science of fossils; palaeontology. Cf. fossilogy n.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology
oryctology1753
fossilism1797
palaeontology1833
fossilology1835
palaeontography1857
1835 J. N. Maffitt Oratorical Dict. 140/2 Fossil,..fossilist, fossilization, fossilology.
1845 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation (ed. 2) 91 Hence we derive a light as to what animals may have existed at particular times, which is in some measure independent of the specialties of fossilology.
1958 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 19 181 His survey on human fossilology is slanted to make the impression of a smooth series of evolutionary changes.
Derivatives
fossiloˈlogical adj.
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the world > life > biology > study > [adjective] > palaeobiology
oryctological1792
fossilological1837
palaeontological1839
palaeontographical1848
palaeontologic1854
oryctozoological1857
palaeobiologic1924
palaeobiological1929
taphonomical1940
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. iii. 525 When the earlier writers..spoke of mineralogical and fossilological maps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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