paleoecology
noun
the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
paleoecologist
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a word derived from
paleoecology.
Example Sentences
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"I'm really more of a paleoecologist, paleogeographer, not a taxonomist," says Dr. Cruz, who noticed unusual features in the Tar Pits specimens that distinguished S. labreae from known spadefoot toads.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“There are answers out there,” said Joshua Miller, a University of Cincinnati paleoecologist who was not involved in the new study but who has cut open a mastodon tusk in Indiana.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Rachel Reid, a paleoecologist at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University who was not involved in the study, says she was impressed by the scientists’ sampling efforts.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, who was also not involved in the new work, was not surprised that O’Keefe’s team found such a nuanced explanation.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
The biracial makeup of the team was of special significance to February, forty, a soft-spoken black paleoecologist and a climber of international renown.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
