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paleontology

scientific study of the past of life on Earth through fossils
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Summary

paleontology is an academic discipline[1]. paleontology ranks in the top 9% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,010 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: field research[3]
  • Part of: Earth science[4]
  • Commons category: Paleontology[5]
  • Opposite of: neontology[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Paleontology[7]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Paleontology[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16]
  • Partially coincident with: geology[17], paleobiology[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:Paleontology[19]
  • Has characteristic: paleontology award[20]
  • History of topic: history of paleontology[21]
  • Practiced by: paleontologist[22]
  • Named by: Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/paleontology[25]

Why It Matters

paleontology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] paleontology is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Alcide d'Orbigny Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Barnum Brown biology Carl Vogt Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution Charles Doolittle Walcott Dinópolis Foundation División Paleobotánica del Museo de La Plata División Paleoinvertebrados del Museo de La Plata División Paleovertebrados del Museo de La Plata Earth science Edward Drinker Cope Florentino Ameghino Frédéric Cuvier Gaylord Simpson geology Georges Cuvier Gideon Mantell Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim Harry Govier Seeley Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville Henry Fairfield Osborn Ivan Yefremov Marie Stopes Mary Anning Othenio Abel Othniel Charles Marsh paleoanthropology Richard Leakey

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . vocabularies.unesco.org. vocabularies.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . vocabularies.unesco.org. vocabularies.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . vocabularies.unesco.org. vocabularies.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Charp238 · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lemmy community id → palaeontology@mander.xyz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lemmy community id: palaeontology@mander.xyz"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 23fzbA
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → paleontology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: paleontology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951426|paleontology (#289951426)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002433-paleontologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002433-paleontologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic → paleontology award
    Image last checked license → —
    Subclass of → field research
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 8275, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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