Paleontologically
Paleontologically is an adverb that denotes that an action, interpretation, or observation is grounded in paleontology—the scientific study of fossil organisms and ancient life. It signals that conclusions derive from fossil evidence, paleontological methods, or the fossil record, rather than from modern anatomy, genetics, or non-fossil analogies.
The word is formed from the adjective paleontological, itself from paleontology, which comes from Greek palaios
Usage in scholarly writing often describes approaches, inferences, or results rooted in fossil data. It frequently
Paleontologically, the specimen was assigned to a previously unrecognized lineage based on comparative morphology of teeth
Paleontologically grounded dating places the formation in the Late Jurassic.
The team described a paleontologically driven re-evaluation of the taxonomy.
Related terms include paleontological (adjective) and paleontology (the science itself).