"Paleontology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The study of early forms of life through fossil remains.
| Descriptor ID |
D010163
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.277.875 I01.076.368.584
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paleontology" by people in Profiles.
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Vertebrate palaeophysiology. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 03 02; 375(1793):20190130.
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Carboniferous-Permian climate change constrained early land vertebrate radiations. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 02; 3(2):200-206.
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Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 07 03; 114(27):E5389-E5395.
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An exceptionally preserved transitional lungfish from the lower permian of Nebraska, USA, and the origin of modern lungfishes. PLoS One. 2014; 9(9):e108542.
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Provincialization of terrestrial faunas following the end-Permian mass extinction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14; 110(20):8129-33.