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单词 palaeobiology
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Definition of palaeobiology in English:

palaeobiology

(US paleobiology)
noun ˌpalɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒiˌpeɪlɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒiˌpālēōbīˈäləjē
mass noun
  • The biology of fossil animals and plants.

    古生物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The method of this work will facilitate studies of growth and forms of fossil molluscs in the framework of developmental paleobiology.
    • Studies of the preserved dung and animal remains are beginning to provide insight into large mammal paleobiology and community development during the Holocene.
    • Yet the majority of the book emphasizes dinosaur osteology, systematics, and the fossil record; paleobiology takes a back seat to this important foundation.
    • The most frustrating aspect of glossopterid paleobiology is that no one is really certain what these plants looked like.
    • Perhaps nowhere else in the literature is the integration between field stratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiology better illustrated than in this research.

Derivatives

  • palaeobiological

  • adjective ˌpalɪəʊbʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌpeɪlɪəʊbʌɪəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l
    • The phylogenetic and paleobiological significance of the new fossils is discussed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A return to the original definition of acritarchs as ‘problematica’ offers a new and potentially rich source of paleobiological data, likely to include the stems of various Phanerozoic crown groups.
      • Both traditional morphometric methods and thin-plate splines revealed paleobiological trends among the humeri and femora of Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and Camarasaurus.
      • Future exploration and quantification of the appendicular skeleton is necessary to complete the paleobiological and paleoecological picture of these giant herbivores.
      • The next four chapters all focus on paleobiological patterns in the Cretaceous western interior.
  • palaeobiologist

  • noun
    • Many of these collections were made for mainly geological reasons and have been underexploited by paleobiologists.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In order to do this, paleobiologists must have an excellent fossil record of a lineage and an independent source of environmental data in the same region.
      • These difficulties are compounded by the lack of trained paleobiologists who specialize on algae, or of phycologists who examine fossils.
      • He has continued this work as a member of our ecumenically diverse team of ecologists, geneticists and paleobiologists supported by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
      • Some paleobiologists believe the answer lies in the Ediacaran fossil remains dating back before the Cambrian, in the Ediacaran Period (565-545 million years ago).

Definition of paleobiology in US English:

paleobiology

(British palaeobiology)
nounˌpālēōbīˈäləjē
  • The biology of fossil animals and plants.

    古生物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps nowhere else in the literature is the integration between field stratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiology better illustrated than in this research.
    • Studies of the preserved dung and animal remains are beginning to provide insight into large mammal paleobiology and community development during the Holocene.
    • The method of this work will facilitate studies of growth and forms of fossil molluscs in the framework of developmental paleobiology.
    • The most frustrating aspect of glossopterid paleobiology is that no one is really certain what these plants looked like.
    • Yet the majority of the book emphasizes dinosaur osteology, systematics, and the fossil record; paleobiology takes a back seat to this important foundation.
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