micropalaeontology

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ, ˌmaɪkrəʊˌpælɪɒntəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

the branch of palaeontology concerned with the study of microscopic fossils

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micropalaeontologist noun
micropalaeontological adjective

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They applied networks to micropalaeontology for the first time ever to document the global spatial changes in community structure as climate has evolved over the Cenozoic, building on previous research on cooling restructured global marine plankton communities.