PALEONTOLOGY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | `peyleeun'tâlujee
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| Matching Terms: | | paleontological, paleontologist, paleontologists
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| | Definition: | | [n] the branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains |
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| | Synonyms: | | fossilology, palaeontology |
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| | See Also: | | archaeology, archeology, micropaleontology, palaeobiology, paleobiology, vertebrate paleontology | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy\, n. [Paleo- + Gr. ? existing
things + -logy. Cf. {Ontology}.]
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or
of fossils which are the remains of such life.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The scientific study of extinct organisms through the examination of fossils. |
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| Glossary |
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- The study of the fossil record of past geo- logical periods and of the phylogenetic relationships between ancient and contemporary plant and animal species.
- that specialized branch of physical anthropology that analyzes the emergence and subsequent evolution of human physiology.
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| | Related Terms: | | aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, enzymology, ethnobiology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, life science, microbiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology, zoology |
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