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palaeontology
/ ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ; ˌpælɪˌɒntəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
noun
- the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found See also palaeobotany palaeozoology
- See palaeozoologyanother name for palaeozoology
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Derived Forms
- ˌpalaeonˈtologist, noun
- ˌpalaeˌontoˈlogically, adverb
- palaeontological, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palaeontology1
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Example Sentences
I will now sum up the results of this sketch of the rise and progress of palaeontology.
Happily, the future of palaeontology is independent of all hypothetical considerations.
It is my object to mark the epochs of palaeontology, not to recount all the events of its history.
Buffon enumerates five classes of these monuments of the past history of the earth, and they are all facts of palaeontology.
The settlement of the nature of fossils led at once to the next advance of palaeontology, viz.
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