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PALEOBOTANISTE [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2022-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • palaeobotanist
  • paleo-botanist
  • paleo botanist
  • palaeo-botanist
  • palaeo botanist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • paléo-botaniste
  • paléo botaniste

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
CONT

Paleobotanists examine the fossilized remains of dead plants. This will include remains of the mineralized plants themselves, but it will also include any surviving microfossils such as pollen and spores, and phytoliths [a minute mineral particle formed inside plant tissues by the deposition of silicates].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

Spécialiste de la paléontologie végétale [ou paléobotanique].

OBS

La paléobotanique, discipline consacrée à l'étude des végétaux fossiles (organes reproducteurs, feuilles, bois, etc.), permet de reconstituer les climats anciens ou encore de retracer l'histoire évolutive des végétaux au cours des temps géologiques.

Spanish

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