adjective
- of or relating to paleoecology; concerning the ecology and environmental conditions of ancient organisms and past geological periods
Usage: technical; scientific; also spelled palaeoecologic in British English
Examples
- Paleoecologic studies reveal how dinosaurs adapted to their ancient environments.
- The paleoecologic analysis of fossil pollen helped reconstruct the climate of the Mesozoic Era.
- Researchers used paleoecologic methods to understand the extinction of megafauna.
- Paleoecologic evidence suggests that early humans coexisted with now-extinct species.
- The paleoecologic record shows significant shifts in ocean temperature over millions of years.