paleoecology might be defined as the science of adaptations of fossil organisms
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palaeoecologyPaläoökologie (ger.)
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The branch of ecology that deals with extinct and fossil plants and animals. (OED 2012)
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MacMillan, C. (1896). Observations on the distribution of plants along shore at lake of the woods. Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1, 949-1023: 950; cf. later: Cain, S.A. (1944). Foundations of Plant Geography.