Disciplines and Occupations

Paleontology

The study of early forms of life through fossil remains.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The study of early forms of life through fossil remains.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Archaeoparasitology
  • Paleoparasitology
  • Taphonomy

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty; used also as NIM coordinate; paleogenomics: coordinate with GENOMICS; do not routinely check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE, and ANCIENT HISTORY or MEDIEVAL HISTORY: check only when the history, and ancient or medieval medical aspects are particularly discussed; for prehistory, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleontology is for pre-Columbian, nothing later

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  1. H01w.277w.875w
  2. I01w.076w.368w.584w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Paleontology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010163. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010163
  2. Paleontology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology
  3. Paleontology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205