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Paleontology MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Paleontology
Tree Number(s)
H01.277.875
I01.076.368.584
Unique ID
D010163
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010163
Annotation
specialty; used also as NIM coordinate; paleogenomics: coordinate with GENOMICS; do not routinely check tags HISTORICAL ARTICLE, and ANCIENT HISTORY or MEDIEVAL HISTORY: check only when the history, and ancient or medieval medical aspects are particularly discussed; for prehistory, ANCIENT HISTORY tag is all right; paleontology is for pre-Columbian, nothing later
Scope Note
The study of early forms of life through fossil remains.
Entry Version
PALEONTOL
Entry Term(s)
Archaeoparasitology
Paleoparasitology
Taphonomy
See Also
Mummies
Phylogeography
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2023/06/01
Paleontology Preferred
Taphonomy Related
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