Paleontology

Paleontology (the American spelling; the British spelling is palaeontology) 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.

Research

The work done in paleontology can be divided into field work, fossil preparation and laboratory processing, identification of taxa and other data collection, systematic description of new species, and collections management.

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