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One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

Of or pertaining to paleography.

One versed in paleography; a paleographer.

An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.

A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.

A relic of the Paleolithic era.

Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.

One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.

The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archæology .

Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

The description of fossil remains.

Of or pertaining to paleontology. -- Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in paleontology.

The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

A paleobotanist.

Paleobotany.

The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France." D. Wilson.

Any species of Paleotherium.