palaeontology

(redirected from palaeontologically)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

Related to palaeontologically: paleontologist, palaeontology, Palæontology

palaeontology

the study of fossil animals and plants. Compare NEONTOLOGY.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

In addition to Palau, Yap, Fiji, New Zealand (discussed in another section below), Mangaia's archaeological record is at odds with claims of early human presence inferred palaeontologically. Although palaeosedimentary data from its swamp cores have been cited as evidence for human presence as early as 2500 years ago, no Mangaian occupation sites have been found older than c.

Savanna anthropogenesis in the Mariana Islands, Micronesia: re-interpreting the palaeoenvironmental data

Taking into account that this portion of the UNKG lacks palaeontologically studied sites, we have decided to adopt another stratigraphic concept by assigning the low-resistivity rocks to the Turonian, and not Coniacian, clays.