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palaeofauna

palaeofauna is the alternative spelling of paleofauna.

Meaning of paleofauna

Noun

paleofauna (uncountable)

  1. The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils.

Origin of palaeofauna

From palaeo- + fauna.

Words formed from palaeofauna

Questions about palaeofauna

What is palaeofauna the alternative spelling of?
Palaeofauna is the alternative spelling of paleofauna.

Words near palaeofauna in the dictionary

  1. palaeoethological
  2. palaeoethology
  3. palaeofaecal
  4. palaeofaeces
  5. palaeofault
  6. palaeofauna
  7. palaeofaunal
  8. palaeofire
  9. palaeofires
  10. palaeoflora
  11. palaeofloral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeofauna (page history and authors); paleofauna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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