palaeontology
/ˌpalɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi
/ /ˌpeɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi /(US paleontology)
noun [mass noun]
The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.Its biennial meetings in Strasbourg are major events in the geological calendar and the programmes include papers on most aspects of the Earth sciences, including palaeontology....
- In an attempt to resolve this conundrum, we have carried out multidisciplinary research involving field studies, radiometric dating, geochemistry, palaeontology and palaeomagnetism.
- Not only is phylogeny important for understanding paleontology, but paleontology in turn contributes to phylogeny.
Derivatives
palaeontological
/ /ˌpeɪlɪɒntəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l / adjective ...- Second, there are many stratigraphical and palaeontological similarities in the Palaeogene successions of the Hampshire and London basins.
- The questions are geological, paleontological, and mineralogical - and not easy.
- The specimens are kept in one main hall, which can be reached by going through an area of large geological, mineralogical, and paleontological items.
palaeontologist
/ /peɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪst / noun ...- Many of the spectacular advances in the geological realm in recent years have inspired palaeontologists and their kin to compose but not to publish formally some quite respectable lines.
- Many paleontologists study Pleistocene fossils in order to understand the climates of the past.
- In one refuge cave, a palaeontologist is excavating a Pleistocene tapir skeleton.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from palaeo- + Greek onta 'beings' (neuter plural of ōn, present participle of einai 'be') + -logy.
- nonan
- non-analytic
- nonane
- nonanoate
- nonanoic acid
- non-A non-B
- nonanoyl
- non-answer
- non-answered
- non-answering
- nonapeptide
- nonapology
- nonapology apology
- non-apparent
- non-appearance
- non-appearer
- non-arcing
- non-Aristotelian
- non-aromatic
- nonart
- non-articulated
- nonary
- non-Aryan
- non-assertive
- non-associated