Definition of paleobiology Paleobiology

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What does paleobiology mean?

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Noun

Plural: paleobiologies

paleobiology - a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
  palaeobiology
  fossilology, palaeontology, paleontology the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
  biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms
  palaeobotany, paleobotany the study of fossil plants
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  • paleobiology
    A growing and comparatively new discipline which combines the methods and findings of the natural science biology with the methods and findings of the earth science paleontology.

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  • History.

    Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás started paleobiology in the late 19th century while working at the University of Vienna. He tried to learn how the animals lived, rather than merely put together their bones, as many geologiists were doing at the time.

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