Category:Paleontology: Difference between revisions

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Paleontology (US spelling) or palaeontology (UK spelling) is the study of the developing history of life on earth, of ancient plants and animals based on the fossil record, evidence of their existence preserved in rocks. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast off parts, fossilized feces ("coprolites"), and chemical residues.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Pages in category "Paleontology"

The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.

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Vertebrate paleontology

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Zombie taxon

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+'''Paleontology''' (US spelling) or '''palaeontology''' (UK spelling) is the study of the developing history of [[life]] on earth, of ancient [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s based on the [[Fossil|fossil record]], evidence of their existence preserved in [[Rock (geology)|rock]]s. This includes the study of body [[fossil]]s, tracks, burrows, cast off parts, fossilized [[feces]] ("[[coprolite]]s"), and chemical residues.
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+[[Category:Evolutionary biology]]
+[[Category:Historical geology]]
+[[Category:Subfields of evolutionary biology]]
+[[Category:Subfields of geology]]