micropaleontology

English

Alternative forms

• micropalæontology (chiefly British)
• micropalaeontology (British)

Noun

Wikipedia micropaleontology (uncountable)

1. The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution.

Derived terms

• micropaleontologist
• micropaleontologic
• micropaleontological
• micropaleontologist

Translations

the study of microfossils

• Dutch: micropaleontologie (nl) f
• French: micropaléontologie (fr) f
• German: Mikropaläontologie (de) f
• Italian: micropaleontologia (it) f
• Khmer: អតិសុខុមបាសាណិភូតវិទ្យា (km) (a’te’ so’kʰom baasaanə pʰuuta’vityie)

• Polish: mikropaleontologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: micropaleontologia (pt) f
• Spanish: micropaleontología (es) f
• Volapük: mikrofösilav (vo)