palaeobiogeography
/ˌpalɪəʊˌbʌɪə(ʊ)dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/ /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌbʌɪə(ʊ)dʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/noun
The branch of science that deals with the distribution of extinct plants and animals.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language. From palaeo- + biogeography.