paleontological
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- adjective
- /ˌpeɪliˌɒn.təˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
- Specialized
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paleontológico
- The museum hosts a variety of paleontological exhibits that showcase ancient fossils.
- geological and paleontological
And these are questions that you can't really pursue through a easily through a study of the, the vertebrate paleontological record.
- And these are questions that you can't really pursue through a easily through a study of the, the vertebrate paleontological record.
Examples
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Author of more than a hundred scientific publications, Flynn has led dozens of paleontological expeditions in Chile, Peru, and Colombia.
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The fossils were a paleontological bonanza.
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It's up in an industrial complex, except there are quite a few paleontological resources up there.
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- So it means this place could qualify as an important paleontological site.
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The paleontological record is woven into the argument.
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Again, paleontological suspicions are confirmed, but with an amazing twist and surprise.
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The men in the family had never understood Sora's paleontological hobby.
Fiction book (1994) -
Two rare fossil finds have solved paleontological puzzles.
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Sora's paleontological notebook still lay open to the last entry, a comparison of two amphibian skeletons from different periods.
Fiction book (1994) -
Another source of information to establish hypotheses for CP is geological reconstructions, which are often based on paleontological and stratigraphical data and which have helped to determine the chronology of orogenic processes such as volcanism and river or mountain formation.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
About the life of ancient animals and plants known from fossils
Relating to the study of very ancient times, like fossils and early human tools
Surface Forms
Morphology
paleontological = paleontology (transparent) = paleontology + ical
Formed from the noun 'paleontology' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ical', so the meaning 'relating to paleontology' is directly derived and clear to learners.
Etymology
Paleontological comes from Greek parts: paleo- meaning 'ancient' and onto- meaning 'being' or 'life', with -logical like in biological meaning 'study'. So something paleontological is about the study of 'ancient life', especially from fossils.