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palaeontology
palaeontology (ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ) n1. (Palaeontology) the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found. See also palaeobotany, palaeozoology2. (Palaeontology) another name for palaeozoology[C19: from palaeo- + onto- + -logy] palaeontological adj ˌpalaeˌontoˈlogically adv ˌpalaeonˈtologist npaleontology, palaeontology1. the science of the forms of life existing in prior geologie periods from their fossilized remains.
2. an article on paleontology. — paleontologist. palaeontologist, n. — paleontologie, palaeontologic, paleontological, palaeontological, adj.See also: FossilsThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  palaeontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remainsfossilology, paleontologyfrill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurspalaeobiology, paleobiology - a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organismsearth science - any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its partsmicropaleontology - the paleontology of microfossilsvertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates |
TranslationsPaläontologiepaléontologie
palaeontology
palaeontology the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found
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www.dinosauria.compalaeontology the study and dating of fossilized remains. The work of palaeontologists, sometimes working in close association with archaeologists and physical anthropologists, is of interest to sociologists for the light that it throws on human origins and on evolutionary processes in general. Evidence from palaeontology and from geology played a major role in the initial establishment of an evolutionary view of biological and human development during the 19th-century see also EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.palaeontology
palaeontology the study of fossil animals and plants. Compare NEONTOLOGY.palaeontology
Related to palaeontology: paleontologist, palaeontologicalSynonyms for palaeontologynoun the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remainsSynonymsRelated Words- frill
- palaeobiology
- paleobiology
- earth science
- micropaleontology
- vertebrate paleontology
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