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Definition of palaeontology in English: palaeontology(US paleontology) noun ˌpeɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒiˌpalɪɒnˈtɒlədʒiˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒi mass nounThe branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants. 古生物学 Example sentencesExamples - He envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of palaeontology, zoological geography, and animal psychology.
- But there should be some mechanism that protects the rare fossils and the important sites that the science of palaeontology depends upon.
- The integration of molecular biology and paleontology can address many large-scale questions.
- Be an expert on mineralogy, geology, paleontology or anything-ology.
- And the same objection can be raised against any of the historical sciences including astronomy, evolutionary biology, geology and palaeontology.
- Other officers are involved in specialist work on matters such as ornithology, marine and freshwater ecology, palaeontology and genetically modified organisms.
- There is more to paleontology than just using fossils to estimate the ages of rocks or their past environmental settings.
- After publication of the palaeomagnetic results, other field studies have supported this hypothesis on the basis of palaeontology and stratigraphy and matching of Devonian palaeocurrents and structural patterns.
- In practice, the book is a rambling history of discoveries, geology, astronomy, palaeontology, chaos theory and graphing techniques with more than a few unqualified generalisations.
- Numerous recent studies in vertebrate paleontology have focused on reconstructing the ecology of terrestrial fossil communities.
- Insect palaeontology depends on assigning fossils to extant taxa usually on the basis of wing characters.
- In an attempt to resolve this conundrum, we have carried out multidisciplinary research involving field studies, radiometric dating, geochemistry, palaeontology and palaeomagnetism.
- This is not a matter of altering paleontology to please molecular biology.
- Amongst the group were experts in environmental management, ecology, geology, palaeontology, climatology and economics.
- The sixty pages on palaeontology emphasize geology and stratigraphy and chiefly illustrate trilobites.
- The nine cored boreholes, four of which encountered chert beds, provide evidence of the stratigraphy, structure, palaeontology and depositional setting of the Rhynie and Windyfield cherts.
- Wells synthesises the genetic evidence with current research in geology, palaeontology, archaeology, anthropology and linguistics to make a robust case for his account of the human journey.
- Not only is phylogeny important for understanding paleontology, but paleontology in turn contributes to phylogeny.
- 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.
- His conclusion solves one of the greatest mysteries in the study of palaeontology or fossils.
Derivativesadjective ˌpeɪlɪɒntəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌpalɪɒntəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l Second, there are many stratigraphical and palaeontological similarities in the Palaeogene successions of the Hampshire and London basins. Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- The demise of the highly successful cycadeoids at the end of the Cretaceous, while the modern cycads persisted, is another paleontological enigma.
- We found no palaeontological evidence for marine conditions in the Falklands Permian succession.
noun peɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪstpalɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪstˌpeɪliˌɑnˈtɑlədʒəst 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. Example sentencesExamples - Instead, geologists and paleontologists use stratigraphic names.
- In one refuge cave, a palaeontologist is excavating a Pleistocene tapir skeleton.
- With a geologic focus, many paleontologists rarely considered the biology of their study organisms.
- Many paleontologists study Pleistocene fossils in order to understand the climates of the past.
OriginMid 19th century: from palaeo- + Greek onta 'beings' (neuter plural of ōn, present participle of einai 'be') + -logy. Definition of paleontology in US English: paleontology(British palaeontology) nounˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒiˌpālēənˈtäləjē The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants. 古生物学 Example sentencesExamples - The integration of molecular biology and paleontology can address many large-scale questions.
- And the same objection can be raised against any of the historical sciences including astronomy, evolutionary biology, geology and palaeontology.
- But there should be some mechanism that protects the rare fossils and the important sites that the science of palaeontology depends upon.
- The nine cored boreholes, four of which encountered chert beds, provide evidence of the stratigraphy, structure, palaeontology and depositional setting of the Rhynie and Windyfield cherts.
- Numerous recent studies in vertebrate paleontology have focused on reconstructing the ecology of terrestrial fossil communities.
- Insect palaeontology depends on assigning fossils to extant taxa usually on the basis of wing characters.
- Other officers are involved in specialist work on matters such as ornithology, marine and freshwater ecology, palaeontology and genetically modified organisms.
- Amongst the group were experts in environmental management, ecology, geology, palaeontology, climatology and economics.
- Not only is phylogeny important for understanding paleontology, but paleontology in turn contributes to phylogeny.
- This is not a matter of altering paleontology to please molecular biology.
- There is more to paleontology than just using fossils to estimate the ages of rocks or their past environmental settings.
- In practice, the book is a rambling history of discoveries, geology, astronomy, palaeontology, chaos theory and graphing techniques with more than a few unqualified generalisations.
- The sixty pages on palaeontology emphasize geology and stratigraphy and chiefly illustrate trilobites.
- Be an expert on mineralogy, geology, paleontology or anything-ology.
- After publication of the palaeomagnetic results, other field studies have supported this hypothesis on the basis of palaeontology and stratigraphy and matching of Devonian palaeocurrents and structural patterns.
- His conclusion solves one of the greatest mysteries in the study of palaeontology or fossils.
- In an attempt to resolve this conundrum, we have carried out multidisciplinary research involving field studies, radiometric dating, geochemistry, palaeontology and palaeomagnetism.
- He envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of palaeontology, zoological geography, and animal psychology.
- 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.
- Wells synthesises the genetic evidence with current research in geology, palaeontology, archaeology, anthropology and linguistics to make a robust case for his account of the human journey.
OriginMid 19th century: from paleo- + Greek onta ‘beings’ (neuter plural of ōn, present participle of einai ‘be’) + -logy. |