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Paleontology

Paleontology Meaning & Definition
Paleontology Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paleontology?

[n] the branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paleontology: fossilology | palaeontology

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paleontology: 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

See Also | archaeology | archeology | micropaleontology | palaeobiology | paleobiology | vertebrate paleontology

Paleontology In Webster's Dictionary

\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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