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nounthe earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
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- andrews United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
- paleontologist a specialist in paleontology
- frill (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- palaeontologist a specialist in paleontology
- palaeontological of or relating to paleontology
- roy chapman andrews United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
- palaeobiology a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
- vertebrate paleontology the paleontology of vertebrates
- paleobiology a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
- paleontological of or relating to paleontology