adj
(biology) Of an animal, tending to live in settings high above the ground, such as tree tops, building ledges, or cliff faces.
adj
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
adj
Relating to both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean
adj
(biology) That inhabits two oceans (typically the Arctic and North Atlantic or North Pacific)
n
One who studies aphidology.
adj
Relating to aquariology
n
The animal remains found at an archaeological site
n
Any animal known only from archaeological evidence
n
(paleontology) A fossil skeleton found all in one piece with the bones still arranged in the proper order.
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
n
A fossil containing part of an organism's body, as opposed to a trace fossil.
adj
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
n
A fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.
adj
Of or pertaining to cinerea
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(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
n
A hermit who lived in a tree
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dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree
adj
Alternative form of epigeal [(biology) Living near the surface of the ground]
adj
Relating to an estuary
adj
Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.
adj
Relating to foraminiferology.
n
(zoology) The property of spending a stage of life underground.
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(paleontology) A trace fossil in the form of a horizontal wriggly burrow found in deep water.
n
A kind of trace fossil representing a burrow.
n
An assemblage of ichnofossils
n
The association of ichnotaxa that aids in their dating
n
A trace fossil assemblage, the progenitors of which all belonged to the same faunal community.
adj
Relating to ichnofauna
n
(paleontology) Any genus known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
n
A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
adj
Pertaining to ichnology.
n
(paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
adj
Alternative form of ichthyogeographical [Relating to ichthyogeography]
n
(paleontology) A taxon that disappears from the fossil record, suggesting extinction, only to reappear later.
n
The fossil remains of a magnetotactic bacterium
adj
(zoology) Relating to megalospheres
n
(chiefly in the plural) The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil.
n
The collection of the bones of a deceased person, after decomposition of the soft tissue, for placement in an ossuary
n
A mammal with a paleomammalian brain.
adj
Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.
adj
Alternative form of paludal [pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat]
n
(sciences) The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in various matrices including the air (pollen counts), crime scenes, and sedimentary rocks.
n
(paleontology) An organic microfossil: a particle of 5-500 micrometers in diameter, found in sedimentary deposits and composed of organic material.
adj
Of or pertaining to oceans.
adj
Alternative form of planktological [Of or pertaining to planktology.]
adj
(ecology) Of or pertaining to the psammon.
adj
Of or relating to pseudofaeces.
n
The study of feather growth rates as an index of nutritional condition in birds
n
The scientific study of caves.
n
A partially fossilized organism
n
(neologism) A fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material.
n
The scientific study of marine life.
adj
Relating to troglofauna.
adj
Of or pertaining to a zonotope.
adj
Relating to zoogeology.
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