Definition of palaeobiology in English:
palaeobiology
(US paleobiology)
noun ˌpalɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒiˌpeɪlɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒiˌpālēōbīˈäləjē
mass nounThe 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.