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paleontology

[pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jee, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li ənˈtɒl ə dʒi, ˌpæl i- /
NOUN
archaeology
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His expertise has since been sought by major institutions such as Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History, the University of Texas' Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, and the Tellus Science Museum.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Working with researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Xiao began testing different possibilities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The study appears in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The discovery of the 55-million-year-old eggshells was made in a sheep farmer's backyard in Queensland with the findings published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

A pair of soldiers on the roof of the Gallery of Paleontology peer over the gardens with binoculars.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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