Paleontology (palaeontology is the British 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.

Subcategories

There are 3 subcategories to this category.

F

• Fossils

O

• Origin of life

P

• Paleontologists

Articles in category "Paleontology"

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Paleontology A Acritarch B Biostratigraphy Bone Wars Bone bed Burgess shale C Cambrian Explosion Chitinozoa Collecting fossils Coprolite D Dinosaur F Fossil

F cont. Fossil record Fossils and the geological timescale H Holzmaden I Ichnology Index fossil Invertebrate paleontology L La Brea Tar Pits Lagerstätte M Maotianshan shales Micropaleontology Morrison Formation P Paleobotany Paleoecology

P cont. Paleopedological record Paleostatistics Paleozoology Palynofacies Palynology Pipe Creek Sinkhole Pseudofossil T Taphonomy Trace fossil Transitional fossil V Vertebrate paleontology