paleontology
scientific study of the past of life on Earth through fossils
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paleontology
Summary
paleontology is an academic discipline[1]. paleontology ranks in the top 9% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,626 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- paleontology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
- paleontology is a type of field research[4].
- paleontology is part of Earth science[5].
- paleontology's Commons category is recorded as Paleontology[6].
- paleontology is the opposite of neontology[7].
- paleontology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paleontology[8].
- paleontology's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Paleontology[9].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[12].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- paleontology's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[17].
- paleontology's partially coincident with is recorded as geology[18].
- paleontology's partially coincident with is recorded as paleobiology[19].
- paleontology's topic has template is recorded as Template:Paleontology[20].
- paleontology's has characteristic is recorded as paleontology award[21].
- paleontology's history of topic is recorded as history of paleontology[22].
- paleontology's practiced by is recorded as paleontologist[23].
- paleontology's named by is recorded as Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville[24].
- paleontology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
- paleontology's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/paleontology[26].
Body
Definition and Type
paleontology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. paleontology is a type of field research[4]. paleontology is the opposite of neontology[7].
Use and Application
paleontology is part of Earth science[5].
Why It Matters
paleontology ranks in the top 9% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,626 views/month).[2] paleontology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] paleontology is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]