paleontology, also spelled palaeontology, scientific study of life of the geologic past that involves the analysis of plant and animal fossils, including those of microscopic size, preserved in rocks.

What is the use of palaeontology?

Paleontologists use fossil remains to understand different aspects of extinct and living organisms. Individual fossils may contain information about an organism's life and environment. Much like the rings of a tree, for example, each ring on the surface of an oyster shell denotes one year of its life.

What is the example of palaeontology?

Paleontology is the study of past life forms using fossils. An example of paleontology is the branch of geology that studies dinosaurs. The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.