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paleoecology

(pā′lē-ō-ĭ-kŏl′ə-jē)
n.
The branch of ecology that deals with the interaction between ancient organisms and their environment.
pa′le·o·e′co·log′ic (-ē′kə-lŏj′ĭk, -ĕk′ə-), pa′le·o·e′co·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
pa′le·o·e·col′o·gist n.
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Paleoecologic comparison may be made with several other Mesozoic faunas.
Nearshore Peruviella dolium (Roemer 1849) paleocommunity, Cretaceous (Albian) Walnut Formation, Coryell County, Texas
Paleoecologic molluscan geography of the Californian Pleistocene.
Evolutionary history of northern hemisphere Nucella (gastropoda, muricidae): molecular, morphological, ecological, and paleontological evidence
These interpretations fit with sedimentologic, paleoecologic, taphonomic and ichnologic evidence for depth-related paleoenvironmental parameters.
Calibrating water depths of Ordovician communities: lithological and ecological controls on depositional gradients in Upper Ordovician strata of southern Ohio and north-central Kentucky, USA
In this paper we describe the rodent faunas from AL2C and AL2D, and discuss their bio-chronostratigraphic and paleoecologic implications.
The fossil rodent faunas of the localities Alcoy 2C and 2D (Alcoy Basin, Spain). Implications for dating the classical locality of Alcoy-Mina/ Las faunas de roedores fosiles de los yacimientos Alcoy 2C y 2D (Cuenca de Alcoy, Espana). Implicaciones para la datacion de la localidad clasica de Alcoy-Mina
The fossils have been identified, and their biostratigraphic and paleoecologic significance has been evaluated.
Decapod crustaceans from the Puente formation (late middle to early late Miocene), California: a possible mass death
Future work on the occurrence of Podichnus on Waconella will require study of spatial and temporal distributions within specific rock-facies types to determine the paleoecologic significance of the trace-making activity within the original biotic communities.
Podichnus centrifugalis (Bromley and Surlyk, 1973) in the Cretaceous (Albian) Duck Creek Formation, Tarrant County, Texas
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