Definition of Paleobiology

1. Noun. A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms.


Definition of Paleobiology

1. Noun. The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paleobiology

1. [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleobiology

paleoanthropologists
paleoanthropology
paleoartist
paleoartists
paleoastronomy
paleobiogeographer
paleobiogeographers
paleobiogeographic
paleobiogeographical
paleobiogeography
paleobiologic
paleobiological
paleobiologies
paleobiologist
paleobiologists
paleobiology (current term)
paleobotanic
paleobotanical
paleobotanies
paleobotanist
paleobotanists
paleobotany
paleocarida
paleoceanographer
paleoceanographers
paleoceanographic
paleoceanography
paleocerebellum
paleochannel
paleochannels

Literary usage of Paleobiology

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

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"paleobiology 13:100-107. Martin, WC and Hutchins, CR 1980. A flora of New Mexico: Volumes 1 and ... paleobiology 2:289-297. Raven, PH. and Wilson, EO 1992. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"The new school of paleobiology also insists upon the close study of series of forms and rejects the methods usually pursued by the ..."

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