Palaeontology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Allosaurus The allosaurus is a theropod dinosaur that lived during the ...	Ampelosaurus Ampelosaurus is a French sauropod dinosaur discovered near ...
Ardipithecus Ardipithecus ramidus is considered by some palaeontologists ...	Australopithecus Australopithecus is a genus of primitive African fossil ...
Biotic crisis A biotic crisis is a period of rapid and mass extinction of ...	Carcharodontosaurus Carcharodontosaurus is a dinosaur closely related to the ...
Caudipteryx Caudipteryx is a feathered dinosaur similar to the ...	Composite skeleton A composite skeleton is one rebuilt using the remains of ...
Concavenator corcovatus Concavenator is a dinosaur newly discovered in 2010 and to ...	Dinosaur A dinosaur is a type of reptile that lived during the ...
Diplodocus Diplodocus is one of the most famous dinosaurs. This ...	Foraminifera Foraminifera are pelagic or benthic protozoans with ...
Ghost lineage The discovery of fossils allows us to estimate when the main ...	Hominid There are 2 genera of hominids: the genus Australopithecus ...
Hominoidea Hominoidea is a superfamily in the order of Primates. It ...	Homo Homo is the genus that includes humans and similar species. ...
Homo erectus Homo erectus is a species of fossil hominid (2.5 million to ...	Homo ergaster Homo ergaster is a species of fossil hominid (2.2 million to ...
Homo habilis Homo habilis is an East African fossil hominid species (2.5 ...	Homo heidelbergensis Homo heidelbergensis is a species of fossil hominid (700,000 ...