Paleontology

Definition of Paleontology as it relates to Animals, Fossil Animals, Dinosaurs

Paleontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch roughly 11,700 years ago. It includes the examination of plant and animal fossils, including those of dinosaurs, as well as the reconstruction of extinct environments. Paleontology seeks to understand the history of life on Earth, providing insights into evolutionary processes, climatic change, and the development of ecosystems over geological time scales.

Child Hierarchical Categories

Note

External Links

University of California Museum of Paleontology
Paleontology and Geology of Missouri - St Louis Missouri - Fossils
Dinosaur News - news about dinosaurs, prehistoric and extinct animals, fossils and paleontology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
MAPS (Mid-America Paleontology Society) Sponsor of the Annual National Fossil Exposition
cmpb : Centre de Minralogie et de Palontologie de Belgique - Center of Mineralogy and Paleontology of Belgium
Latest Archaeological Discoveries: Prehistory, Artifacts Landscapes
Elevation Science Institute
Welcome to the Natural History Museum of Utah | Natural History Museum of Utah
News | University of Florida
Ammonoidea
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum | Regional repository for regional and natural history in Southwest North Dakota
Home - HGMS - Houston Gem Mineral Society
Book: Fossil Echinoids of Texas
Call For Papers - The World's Largest Index/List of Call For Papers
Nature Museum | Collections Archives
Home - Museums of Western Colorado
ZDIG
Welcome | Burke Museum
World-class Museum in Bozeman - Museum of the Rockies
Webb Junior Scholars Summer Program
DVPS-Paleo
Dueling Dinosaurs
the HEDGE lab – Holocene ecology, diversity, and global extinctions // PI Alexis Mychajliw
Huacachina Tours - Desert Adventure
The Journal of Paleontological Sciences
SEPM - Home
♪ Acoustic Americana Music Guide ♪
SWCA | Sound Science. Creative Solutions.
Animals in amber | unusual inclusions in burmite amber from Myanmar
inkl The worlds news at your fingertips
PaleoGeoGraphic – We are living in the midway between yesterday and tomorrow
Reptile Evolution
Neatorama
OC Parks | OC Parks
Homepage | History Colorado
Stanley Y. Klos
Palaeo Vertebrata - Journal Home
Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Historic Camden County, N.J.
Confused Scientific Flailing
AI - University of Florida
Wyoming State Geological Survey
Harvard Museums of Science Culture
Prairie Research Institute – The Prairie Research Institute provides research, scientific expertise, and objective data that benefit the environment, economy, and people of Illinois and beyond.
Carbon Management – Prairie Research Institute
Crystalinks Home Page
Home
Environment - Ecology - Nature - Habitat - Gaia
Online Archive of California
Collecting Fossils
BSHNB | Bollet de la Societat d'Histria Natural de les Balears
AAPS Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences
Do My Homework On-Time and For Top Grades
Related Categories