palaeornithologypaleornithologyn.
/ˌpalɪɔːnᵻˈθɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪɔːnᵻˈθɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliˌɔrnəˈθɑlədʒi/ Palaeontology.
The branch of palaeontology or ornithology that deals with extinct and fossil birds.
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1904 N.E.D. at Palæo- Palæornithology, that branch of palæontology or ornithology which treats of extinct or fossil birds.
1935 Amer. Midland Naturalist 16 965 Lambrecht's ‘History and Bibliography of Paleornithology [Ger. Palaeornithologie]’.
1975 Smithsonian Contrib. Paleobiol. No. 23. 40/2 There is a great deal more to insular paleornithology than a simple cataloging of extinct species.
1983 L. D. Martin in A. H. Brush et al. Perspectives Ornithol. ix. 291 Fragmentary materials rarely contribute to improving avian systematics and thus limit the impact of paleornithology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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