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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Abbreviations of paleontology.
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The anatomist and paleon - tologist, Cuvier, denied that living things can be ar - ranged in a unilinear sequence.
EVOLUTIONISM THOMAS A. GOUDGE 1968
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: Paleozoology (from Greek: paleon -- old, zoon -- animal) is the study of creatures found within the fossil record.
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: Paleozoology (from Greek: paleon -- old, zoon -- animal) is the study of creatures found within the fossil record.
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