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n. - A branch of the earth science that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms.

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  • Would he make the same claim about astronomy, geology, and paleobiology?
  • At best, oxygen levels relate to paleobiology and earth and planetary science.
  • Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon.
  • Evidently Charles Pellegrino is a scientist of “paleobiology, astronomy and other areas.”
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