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palæontography|ˌpæliːɒnˈtɒgrəfɪ, ˌpeɪliː-|
Also (chiefly U.S.) paleo-.
[f. palæo-, paleo- + Gr. ὄντα, pl. of ὤν being + -γραϕία, -graphy.]
The description of fossil remains of extinct animals and plants; descriptive palæontology. So palæonˈtographer, a person engaged in the description of fossil animals and plants; ˌpalæontoˈgraphical a., relating to or engaged in palæontography.
1847Palæontographical Society, Laws, 1. That the Society formed be called the Palæontographical Society, and that it shall have for its objects the illustration and description of British fossil organic remains. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Paleontography. 1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes xii. 412 The origin of the Palæontographical Society. 1924P. Geddes in P. Boardman Worlds of Patrick Geddes (1978) x. 357 The study of comparative religion too often readily gives an impression..[of] but the latest form of palaeontography and palaeography. 1973Nature 1 June 308/2 The discussions liberally impinge on the cognate sciences of evolutionary palaeontography, biogeochemistry and statistics. Ibid. 308/3 It [sc. Schopf's Models in Paleobiology] should..infuse panic in the hearts of those palaeontographers who have got stuck in a rut. |