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paleobotany

American  
[pay-lee-oh-bot-n-ee, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li oʊˈbɒt n i, ˌpæl i- /

noun

  1. the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.


paleobotany Scientific  
/ pā′lē-ō-bŏt′n-ē /
  1. The branch of paleontology that deals with plant fossils and ancient vegetation.


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Etymology

Origin of paleobotany

First recorded in 1870–75; paleo- + botany

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"It was truly surprising to find these fossils," says Héctor Palma-Castro, a paleobotany student at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023

Preivously, scientists knew very little about the paleobotany of the period between the last group of megaherbivores and their mammalian successors in the Late Eocene.

From Salon ● May 3, 2022

William Carruthers rose to become keeper of botany at the British Museum, and "a towering figure at the time in paleobotany".

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2021

But for the past few months, Mr. Albanese has been studying paleobotany for a diorama called “The Hottest Day on Earth.”

From New York Times ● May 8, 2018

New data in comparative genomics and paleobotany have, however, shed some light on the evolution of angiosperms.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

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