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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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[–] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The fact that the cliff face that it was recovered from is eroding at a fast rate really helps in a way, but can also hinder, the team collecting the fossil in recovering the rest of the skeleton, presuming it's still there. Really excited to see what's left of it. What a terror of the sea.