Meaning | The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains. |
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Synonyms | palaeontology, fossilology |
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Category of | frill | (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs |
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Narrower | micropaleontology | The paleontology of microfossils |
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paleobiology, palaeobiology | A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms |
vertebrate paleontology | The paleontology of vertebrates |
Broader | earth science | Any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
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Spanish | paleontología |
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Catalan | fossilology, paleontologia |
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Adjectives | paleontological | of or relating to paleontology |
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Nouns | paleontologist | a specialist in paleontology |
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