palaeobiology

Noun

Meaning

a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

paleobiology biology paleozoology palaeozoology paleogeology biological science

Hypernyms

biology paleontology palaeontology fossilology biological science

Hyponyms

paleozoology paleobotany palaeozoology palaeobotany

Examples

Palaeobiology Flight As in the wings of modern birds, the flight feathers of Archaeopteryx were somewhat asymmetrical and the tail feathers were rather broad. Source: Internet

"Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group", pp. 105–137 in Buffetaut, E. and Mazin, J.-M., (eds.) (2003), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

palaeobiologic palaeobiological palaeobiologist palaeobiomechanical palaeobiomechanics palaeobotanic