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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.

Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.

An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also Palæotherium.]

Resembling Paleotherium. -- n.

See Palæotype.

Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.

The Paleozoic time or strata.

The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.

A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

Having the property of pleochroism.

The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.