palaeontologypaleontologyn.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪənˈtɒlədʒi/,

/ˌpeɪlɪənˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒi/

Forms: 1800s– palaeontology, 1800s– paleontology (now chiefly North American).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, onto- comb. form, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + onto- comb. form + -logy comb. form, probably after French paléontologie (1830 as palaeontologie ) or German Paläontologie (1834 or earlier). Compare earlier (in different sense) ontology n. Compare fossilogy n.

The branch of science that deals with extinct and fossil humans, animals, and plants, or more generally with evidence of organic life during the geological past; (occasionally) spec. palaeozoology. Also: the fossil evidence relating to a particular geological formation, group of organisms, etc.

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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeobiology

oryctology1753

palaeontology1833

oryctozoology1857

palaeontography1857

palaeobiology1893

taphonomy1940

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology

oryctology1753

fossilism1797

palaeontology1833

fossilology1835

palaeontography1857

1833 Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 517 Dr. Boué, the celebrated geologist, is about to publish a general Bibliography of the Sciences of Geology, Mineralogy, and Palaeontology, a work on which he has been employed for many years.

1836 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 21 374 (heading) Ehrenberg's new discovery in palæontology.

1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. ii. xiii. 281 (note) Palæontology is the science which treats of fossil remains, both animal and vegetable.

1842 T. A. Conrad in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8 233 My own investigations and study of the palæontology of New York.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) viii. 207 Palæontology may be defined to be the science of fossil animals.

1884 J. Fiske Evolutionist xiv. 366 The researches..into the palæontology of the horse have established beyond question the descent of the genus equus from a five-toed mammal not larger than a pig.

1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) v. 174 The Palaeodictyoptera represent the nearest approach to a supposed ancestral stock of winged insects that palaeontology has so far disclosed.

1995 N.Y. Times Mag. 27 Aug. 26/3 Brontosaurus..lost its name because findings in paleontology identified it as a dinosaur that had been discovered earlier, Apatosaurus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeontology
释义	palaeontologypaleontologyn. Brit. /ˌpalɪənˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪənˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒi/ Forms: 1800s– palaeontology, 1800s– paleontology (now chiefly North American). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, onto- comb. form, -logy comb. form. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + onto- comb. form + -logy comb. form, probably after French paléontologie (1830 as palaeontologie ) or German Paläontologie (1834 or earlier). Compare earlier (in different sense) ontology n. Compare fossilogy n. The branch of science that deals with extinct and fossil humans, animals, and plants, or more generally with evidence of organic life during the geological past; (occasionally) spec. palaeozoology. Also: the fossil evidence relating to a particular geological formation, group of organisms, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeobiology oryctology1753 palaeontology1833 oryctozoology1857 palaeontography1857 palaeobiology1893 taphonomy1940 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology oryctology1753 fossilism1797 palaeontology1833 fossilology1835 palaeontography1857 1833 Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 517 Dr. Boué, the celebrated geologist, is about to publish a general Bibliography of the Sciences of Geology, Mineralogy, and Palaeontology, a work on which he has been employed for many years. 1836 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 21 374 (heading) Ehrenberg's new discovery in palæontology. 1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. ii. xiii. 281 (note) Palæontology is the science which treats of fossil remains, both animal and vegetable. 1842 T. A. Conrad in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 8 233 My own investigations and study of the palæontology of New York. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) viii. 207 Palæontology may be defined to be the science of fossil animals. 1884 J. Fiske Evolutionist xiv. 366 The researches..into the palæontology of the horse have established beyond question the descent of the genus equus from a five-toed mammal not larger than a pig. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) v. 174 The Palaeodictyoptera represent the nearest approach to a supposed ancestral stock of winged insects that palaeontology has so far disclosed. 1995 N.Y. Times Mag. 27 Aug. 26/3 Brontosaurus..lost its name because findings in paleontology identified it as a dinosaur that had been discovered earlier, Apatosaurus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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