palaeozoogeographypaleozoogeographyn.
/ˌpalɪəˌzuːə(ʊ)dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪəˌzuːə(ʊ)dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈˌzuəˌdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/, /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈˌzoʊəˌdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/; see also zoogeography n. The branch of science that deals with the former geographical distribution of animals, esp. based on the evidence of fossil remains.
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palaeozoogeography1958
1958 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 3 481/1 ‘Paleozoogeography without fossils’ would have been a suitable title for this impressive work... When fossils are absent, the task of tracing a phylogenetic history on a geographical basis becomes enormously more difficult.
1975 Nature 17 Apr. 556/3 Palaeozoogeography can only make sense as the evolution of organisms in space and time.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) i. 7/1 Such studies of palaeobiogeography (or palaeozoogeography in the case of animals) can be used..in understanding the former relative positions and movements of continental masses.
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