Paleontology includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, palynomorphs, and chemical residues.
Notes on verification
Standard definitional claim corroborated by multiple independent encyclopedic and specialized sources with no contradictions found.
Sources
- 2026 in paleontology (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Paleontology (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- https://www.geologyin.com/2014/04/trace-fossils.html (geologyin.com)