0 the study of fossils as a way of getting information about the history of life on Earth and the structure of rocks:
Amateurs have traditionally played an important role in palaeontology.
Palaeontology works by comparing past and present organisms with each other.
He teaches palaeontology at the university of Ferrara.
I looked in vain for the terms theropod, cynodont and perissodactyl and yet some 10% of the definitions are apparently devoted to palaeontology.
Investigations of regional tectonics included work on structural geology, stratigraphy and palaeontology, and collecting samples for palaeomagnetic and isotope age studies.
It is highly recommended to those interested in palaeontology at any level.
The first two chapters set the scene whilst the third introduces something of the palaeontology.
Additionally, there has been a lot of interest in the vertebrate palaeontology with attempts to integrate body and trace fossils.