Micropaleontology

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution. uncountable
  2. 2
    the paleontology of microfossils wordnet

Etymology

From micro- + paleontology.

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