{"id":336,"date":"2011-01-31T14:53:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/"},"modified":"2016-07-02T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T12:30:29","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=336","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The glossary is intended to help with common (and not so common) palaeontological terms that may be encountered within scientific publications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Link: 0-9\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/0-9\/\">0-9<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: A\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/a\/\">A<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: B\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/b\/\">B<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: C\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/c\/\">C<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: D\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/d\/\">D<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: E\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/e\/\">E<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: F\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/f\/\">F<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: G\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/g\/\">G<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: H\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/h\/\">H<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: I\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/i\/\">I<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: J\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/j\/\">J<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: K\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/k\/\">K<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: L\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/l\/\">L<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: M\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/m\/\">M<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: N\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/n\/\">N<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: O\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/o\/\">O<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: P\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/p\/\">P<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: Q\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/q\/\">Q<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: R\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/r\/\">R<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: S\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/s\/\">S<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: T\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/t\/\">T<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: U\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/u\/\">U<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: V\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/v\/\">V<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: W\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/w\/\">W<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: X\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/x\/\">X<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: Y\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/y\/\">Y<\/a> | <a title=\"Link: Z\" href=\"https:\/\/34.32.27.218\/glossary\/z\/\">Z<\/a><\/p>\n<ul><li class=\"page_item page-item-339 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=339\">A<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-614\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=614\">Abaxial<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-618\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=618\">Adaxial<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-621\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=621\">Aerial<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-623\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=623\">Aerobic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-625\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=625\">Aerobes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-628\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=628\">Anaerobes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-630\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=630\">Anaerobic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-632\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=632\">Analogous<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-634\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=634\">Ancestral<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-636\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=636\">Apoxogenesis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-638\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=638\">Arborescent<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-640\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=640\">Artifact<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-642\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=642\">Assemblage Zone<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-645\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=645\">Authigenic Cementation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-647\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=647\">Autotroph<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-746\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=746\">Arthropods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1049\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1049\">Arachnids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1455\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1455\">Annelids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1850\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1850\">Aglaspids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1908\">Autecology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2004\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2004\">Anomalocaridids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2018\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2018\">Aspicular<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2229\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2229\">Amino acids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2268\">Amoeba<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2363\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2363\">Anning, Mary (Palaeontologist)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2457\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2457\">Amber<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2545\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2545\">Alfred Russel Wallace<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2665\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2665\">Abyssal Zone<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3074\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3074\">Apex predator<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3151\">Alexander von Humboldt<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3580\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3580\">Aragonite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3786\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3786\">Archaea<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3839\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3839\">Aromatic ring<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4453\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4453\">Archaeocyatha<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4664\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4664\">Amniotic sac<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-341 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=341\">B<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1136\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1136\">Benthic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1429\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1429\">Buckland, William (Palaeontologist)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1462\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1462\">Bacteria<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1532\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1532\">Biomarker<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1792\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1792\">Biogeography<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1798\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1798\">Biomechanics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1846\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1846\">Brackish water<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2013\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2013\">Basal<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2597\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2597\">Brachiopods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2600\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2600\">Bivalves<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2627\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2627\">Biomineralization<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2727\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2727\">Bilateria<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2920\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2920\">Base pairs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3023\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3023\">Bryozoa<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3309\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3309\">Biosynthetic pathways<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3708\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3708\">Body plan<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3891\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3891\">Blelemnite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4465\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4465\">Bradoriids<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-343 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=343\">C<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-505\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=505\">Cambrian (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-568\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=568\">Carboniferous (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-572\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=572\">Cenozoic Era<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-575\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=575\">Cretaceous (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-685\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=685\">Chelicerata<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-732\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=732\">Chelicerae<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-742\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=742\">Coxosternal<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-806\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=806\">Cuticle<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1452\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1452\">Cnidarians<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1643\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1643\">Cretaceous\u2013Palaeogene (K\u2013Pg) mass extinction<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1658\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1658\">Character<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1681\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1681\">Convergent Evolution<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2021\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2021\">Cement<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2029\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2029\">Charles Darwin<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2125\">Clade<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2244\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2244\">Catalysis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2265\">Cyanobacteria<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2367\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2367\">Coprolite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2371\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2371\">Cladistics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2512\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2512\">Cartesian coordinates<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2589\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2589\">Community<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2618\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2618\">Conodonts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2683\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2683\">Cephalopods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2791\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2791\">Coelocanths<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2975\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2975\">Crustaceans<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3233\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3233\">Coevolution<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3241\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3241\">Cambium<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3307\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3307\">Cytokines<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3358\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3358\">Cetacea<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3376\">Chitin<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3520\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3520\">Cephalon<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3842\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3842\">Chemofossil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3845\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3845\">Conifers<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3972\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3972\">Cephalic shield<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4022\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4022\">Chitin<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4113\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4113\">Circadian rhythms<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4115\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4115\">Cornea<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4272\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4272\">Ctenophores<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4471\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4471\">Climatic gradient<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4598\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4598\">Cephalon (head shield)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4660\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4660\">Centrum<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5036\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=5036\">Carbonate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-345 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=345\">D<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-729\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=729\">Dorsal<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-738\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=738\">Disarticulated<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-775\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=775\">Devonian (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1854\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1854\">Diagnostic Characters<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1920\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1920\">Dicotyledonous<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1961\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1961\">Dendrochronology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2239\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2239\">DNA<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2670\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2670\">Diversity<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2673\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2673\">Diversification<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2963\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2963\">Dentine<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3146\">Dispersal<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3974\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3974\">Doolittle Walcott, Charles<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4477\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4477\">Diagenesis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4624\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4624\">Doublure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-348 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=348\">E<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1141\">Eocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1448\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1448\">Ediacaran (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1653\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1653\">Evolutionary tree<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1957\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1957\">Epidermis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2008\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2008\">Enigmatic fossils<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2474\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2474\">Endemic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2485\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2485\">Evo-devo<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2686\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2686\">Exoskeleton<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2695\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2695\">Eurypterids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2984\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2984\">Enamel<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3079\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3079\">Echinodermata<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3088\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3088\">Evolutionary radiation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3149\">Extinction<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3273\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3273\">Endocranium<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3382\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3382\">Echinoderms<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4029\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4029\">Exuviation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4274\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4274\">Eukaryotes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4432\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4432\">Eversible<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4467\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4467\">Eurytherm<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4469\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4469\">Evaporitic rocks<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4601\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4601\">Ecdysozoans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-350 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=350\">F<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2614\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2614\">Foraminifera<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3077\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3077\">Fauna<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3227\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3227\">Functional feeding groups<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4117\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4117\">Fitness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-352 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=352\">G<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-722\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=722\">Genal<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-745\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=745\">Gnathobases<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2130\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2130\">Gondwana and Laurasia<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2256\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2256\">Genetic recombination<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2459\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2459\">Gondwana<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2610\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2610\">Gastropods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2622\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2622\">Genus<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2676\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2676\">Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3011\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3011\">Grade<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3029\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3029\">Graptolite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3163\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3163\">Greenhouse Period<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3712\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3712\">Gnathostomes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4026\">Gape suture<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4119\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4119\">Gene duplication<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4172\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4172\">Gametes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4459\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4459\">Great Unconformity<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4473\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4473\">Glendonites<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4568\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4568\">Gideon Mantell<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4603\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4603\">Glabella<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-354 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=354\">H<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1459\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1459\">Halkieriids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1670\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1670\">Homology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1679\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1679\">Homoplasy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2252\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2252\">Horizontal gene transfer<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2275\">Haploid<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3378\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3378\">Hydrostatic skeleton<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3800\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3800\">Hemichordates<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3848\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3848\">Half-life<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4276\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4276\">Heterotrophic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4605\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4605\">Hypostome<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-356 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=356\">I<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2247\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2247\">Informational molecules<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2679\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2679\">Invertebrates<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2690\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2690\">Instar<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3160\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3160\">Icehouse Period<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3347\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3347\">Integument<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-358 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=358\">J<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-810\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=810\">Jurassic (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4608\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4608\">Joachim Barrande<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-360 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=360\">K<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4457\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4457\">Konservat-Lagerst\u00e4tten<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4461\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4461\">K\u00f6ppen\u2013Geiger climate classification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-362 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=362\">L<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-715\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=715\">Lateral<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2478\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2478\">Lignite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2841\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2841\">Linnaeus<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3093\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3093\">Linnean taxonomic system<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4278\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4278\">Lichen<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4404\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4404\">Lipids<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4662\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4662\">Lateral lines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-364 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=364\">M<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-710\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=710\">Median<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-817\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=817\">Mesozoic Era<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1650\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1650\">Meteorite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1662\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1662\">Morphology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1913\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1913\">Miocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1927\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1927\">Multivariate Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2027\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2027\">Methanogenic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2227\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2227\">Earth&#8217;s mantle<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2250\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2250\">Metabolism<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2259\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2259\">Mitosis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2262\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2262\">Meiosis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2482\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2482\">Molecular biology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2488\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2488\">Microbiology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2773\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2773\">Mineral cement<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2918\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2918\">Mutation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2971\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2971\">Molluscs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3072\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3072\">Microfossil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3264\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3264\">Morphotype<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3350\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3350\">Melanosomes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3518\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3518\">Monophyletic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3582\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3582\">Microvilli<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3584\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3584\">Microbial mat<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3793\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3793\">Model organism<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3875\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3875\">Multicellular<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4031\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4031\">Moulting<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4281\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4281\">Molecular clock<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4406\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4406\">Mass spectroscopy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4475\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4475\">Marine transgression<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-366 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=366\">N<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-592\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=592\">Neogene (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1466\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1466\">Nucleus<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1687\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1687\">Nucleotides<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4479\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4479\">Neoproterozoic (Era)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-368 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=368\">O<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-705\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=705\">Opisthosoma<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-766\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=766\">Ordovician (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1528\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1528\">Organelle<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2134\">Oligocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2222\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2222\">Organic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2989\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2989\">Odontoblasts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3000\">Olfactory system<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3187\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3187\">Ornithopod (Dinosaur)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3291\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3291\">Open access<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3512\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3512\">Onychophora<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3947\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3947\">Outgroup<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4121\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4121\">Orbit depth<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4174\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4174\">Organically preserved fossils<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-370 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=370\">P<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-586\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=586\">Palaeogene (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-590\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=590\">Permian (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=700\">Prosoma<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-755\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=755\">Palaeozoic Era<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-801\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=801\">Pedipalps<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1150\">Paleocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1176\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1176\">Planktonic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1445\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1445\">Precambrian<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1469\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1469\">Prokaryotes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1473\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1473\">Protists<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1665\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1665\">Phenetics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1802\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1802\">Pterosaurs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1905\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1905\">Proxy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1916\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1916\">Physiognomy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1938\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1938\">Photosynthesis<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1944\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1944\">Pathogens<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1952\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1952\">Papilla<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2015\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2015\">Phosphatized fossils<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2023\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2023\">Precipitation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2137\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2137\">Pliocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2141\">Pleistocene (Epoch)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2224\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2224\">Polymer<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2231\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2231\">Protein<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2242\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2242\">Plate tectonics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2377\">Phylogenetics<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2586\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2586\">Phanerozoic (Eon)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2593\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2593\">Palaeoecology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2788\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2788\">Polychaetes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2794\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2794\">Phylum<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2925\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2925\">PCR (Polymerase chain reaction)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3156\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3156\">Primary Producers<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3190\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3190\">Petrographic microscope<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3296\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3296\">Palaeontological Association<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3339\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3339\">Palaeoart<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3380\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3380\">Peristaltic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3721\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3721\">Paraphyletic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3725\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3725\">Pectoral<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3727\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3727\">Pelvic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3729\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3729\">Placoderms<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3851\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3851\">Polymerization<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3871\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3871\">Plesiosaurs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4123\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4123\">Photon<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4125\">Phylogenetic bracketing<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4176\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4176\">Permineralization<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4178\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4178\">Photic zone<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4180\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4180\">Polyphyletic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4283\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4283\">Placozoa<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4408\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4408\">Permafrost<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4455\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4455\">Priapulida<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4481\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4481\">Palaeogeography<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4611\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4611\">Phytoplankton<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4613\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4613\">Pygidium (tail shield)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-372\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=372\">Q<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-426\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=426\">0-9<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-428 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=428\">R<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2661\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2661\">Reef<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3003\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3003\">Rays<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3027\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3027\">Radiometric dating<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3732\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3732\">Rakers<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3778\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3778\">RNA<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3950\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3950\">Rooting<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4182\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4182\">Resting-egg stage<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4285\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4285\">Red algae<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-430 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=430\">S<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-771\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=771\">Silurian (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1409\">Sauropod (dinosaur)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1673\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1673\">Synapomorphy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1675\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1675\">Symplesiomorphy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1948\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1948\">Stomata<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2271\">Siphonophores<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2470\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2470\">Sub-fossil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2776\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2776\">Skeletal debris<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2923\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2923\">Subfossil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2994\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2994\">Supercontinent<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3025\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3025\">Stable isotopes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3096\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3096\">Sedimentology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3275\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3275\">Secondarily aquatic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3771\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3771\">Stratigraphy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3854\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3854\">Slime moulds<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3857\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3857\">Sporophyte<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3954\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3954\">Stephen Jay Gould<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3957\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3957\">Suspension feeding<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4127\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4127\">Sclerotic ring<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4184\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4184\">Snowball Earth<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4186\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4186\">Stromatolites<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4287\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4287\">Sponges<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4289\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4289\">Staurozoan<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4291\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4291\">Stromatolite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4429\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4429\">Scanning electron microscope<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4615\">Sclerite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4843\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4843\">Sessile<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5060\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=5060\">Stereom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-432 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=432\">T<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-759\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=759\">Telson<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-795\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=795\">Tubercle<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-939\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=939\">Taxon (Taxa, pl.)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1092\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1092\">Triassic (Period)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1181\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1181\">Trace fossil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1415\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1415\">Theropod (dinosaur)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1668\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1668\">Tetrapods<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1684\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1684\">Taxonomic Rank<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1935\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1935\">Temperate<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1941\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1941\">Transpiration<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2979\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2979\">Thomas Henry Huxley<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3098\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3098\">Tertiary period<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3184\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3184\">Taphonomy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3223\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3223\">Trophic level<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3447\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3447\">Temnospondyls<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3451\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3451\">Type specimen<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3782\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3782\">Tissues<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3796\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3796\">Transcription factor gene<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4294\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4294\">Thrombolite<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4617\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4617\">Trunk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-434 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=434\">U<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1420\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1420\">Undertrack<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4463\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=4463\">Uniformitarianism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-436 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=436\">V<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-726\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=726\">Ventral<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2967\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2967\">Vertebrates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-438 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=438\">W<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1923\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=1923\">Wolfe, Jack (Palaeobotanist)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-440 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=440\">X<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2798\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2798\">X-ray computed tomography<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3237\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3237\">Xylem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-447\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=447\">Y<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-449 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=449\">Z<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2280\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=2280\">Zooid<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3979\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palaeontologyonline.com\/?page_id=3979\">Zooplankton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The glossary is intended to help with common (and not so common) palaeontological terms that may be encountered within scientific publications. 0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | 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