Definition of Paleontological

1. Adjective. Of or relating to paleontology.

Exact synonyms: Palaeontological
Partainyms: Palaeontology, Paleontology
Derivative terms: Palaeontology, Paleontology

Definition of Paleontological

1. a. Of or pertaining to paleontology.

Definition of Paleontological

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to paleontology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paleontological

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Paleontological

1. Of or pertaining to paleontology. Paleontolog"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleontological

paleologist
paleology
paleomagnetic
paleomagnetically
paleomagnetician
paleomagneticians
paleomagnetism
paleomagnetisms
paleomagnetist
paleomagnetists
paleomagnetosphere
paleomammalogy
paleontographical
paleontography
paleontologic
paleontological (current term)
paleontologies
paleontologist
paleontologists
paleontology
paleopallium
paleopalynology
paleopathologist
paleopathologists
paleopathology
paleopedology
paleophyte
paleophytes
paleophytologist
paleophytologists

Literary usage of Paleontological

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The report of the committee on the formation of the paleontological Society was presented through its chairman, WB Clark, as follows: "On February 13, 1909, ..."

2. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"There is some paleontological evidence that vertebrates have been social for a long time. This evidence is in the form of fossil remains distributed over ..."

3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1901)
"paleontological Criteria. A comparison of the Maryland Eocene faunas with those ... There are no paleontological data that bear on this point, and the other ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"... is being enriched every year with new paleontological curiosities ; of Switzerland, which is not behind any country in the zeal with which it cultivates ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"... there can be little hope of arriving either at a reliable or an approximate conclusion as to the age of the earth through this paleontological channel, ..."

6. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"... papers on subjects connected with geological and paleontological research. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ..."

7. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The Nature of paleontological Evidence.-—Fossils, as even the brief account in this chapter will show, constitute some of the very best evidence regarding ..."

8. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"CEB Catalogue of the Types and Figured Specimens in the paleontological Collection of the Geological Department American Museum of Natural History. ..."

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