2009 in paleontology

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	In science 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In paleobotany 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In arthropod paleontology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In paleoentomology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In paleomalacology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In reptile paleontology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In archosaur paleontology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In mammal paleontology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 In paleoichthyology 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2009.

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

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