fossilology

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Noun

1.fossilology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remainspalaeontology, paleontologyfrill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurspalaeobiology, paleobiology - a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organismsearth science - any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its partsmicropaleontology - the paleontology of microfossilsvertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates