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Definition of Palaeontology
1. Noun. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
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Specialized synonyms: Palaeobiology, Paleobiology, Micropaleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology
Generic synonyms: Earth Science
Derivative terms: Palaeontological, Palaeontologist, Paleontological, Paleontologist
Definition of Palaeontology
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of paleontology) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaeontology
Literary usage of Palaeontology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"palaeontology has suffered a serious loss in the closing of the ... At present,
therefore, no great works of well illustrated invertebrate palaeontology are ..."
2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1897)
"Comprising: Zoology, 6 parts in 5 vols.; Botany, 2 vols.; Mineralogy; Geology,
4 vols.; Agriculture, 5 parts in 6 vols.; palaeontology, Vols. I and 2. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"VIII,—UNDERLYING BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AS THEY APPEAR TO THE PALAEONTOLOGIST It
follows from the above brief summary that palaeontology affords a distinct ..."
4. Science and Learning in France: With a Survey of Opportunities for American by John Henry Wigmore (1917)
"With him began a new epoch in all palaeontology, one based upon zoology; and
fossils ceased to be mere curiosities in the rocks, or the mere tools of ..."
5. Science and Hebrew tradition by Thomas Henry Huxley (1896)
"n THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF palaeontology [1881] THAT application of the sciences
of biology and geology, which is commonly known as palaeontology, ..."
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