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Paleontology   /pˌeɪliəntˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
Paleontology

noun
1.
The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.  Synonyms: fossilology, palaeontology.



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human paleontology
micropaleontology
vertebrate paleontology


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"Paleontology" Quotes from Famous Books



... macrocosm, microcosm. Associated Words: cosmology, cosmologist, cosmography, cosmogony, cosmographer, cosmogonist, cosmometry, cosmoplastic, cosmic, cosmolatry, cosmopolite, cosmopolitan, cataclysm, ante-mundane, secularize, secularization, secularist, supermundane, geography, geology, paleontology, tellurian, telluric. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... fact, into the nature and value of the present results of paleontological investigation; and the more so, as all those who have paid close attention to the late multitudinous discussions in which paleontology is implicated, must have felt the urgent necessity ...
— Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life • Thomas H. Huxley
... Pleistocene, Cueva de San Josecito, province of Aramberri, near the town of Aramberri, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; California Institute of Technology, Vertebrate Paleontology Locality 192. ...
— Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico • Robert J. Russell


Words linked to "Paleontology" :   palaeobiology, paleontologist, frill, paleontological, earth science, micropaleontology, paleobiology


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