paleophycology

paleo- +‎ phycology

• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

paleophycology (uncountable)

1. The branch of paleontology that deals with fossil algae
   • 1956, Kanazawa Daigaku, The Science Reports of Kanazawa University - Volumes 5-7, page 254:

     An endeavor to introduce the biological species concept into paleontologic species has been explored by many progressive paleontologists. But, no such contribution has ever been made in paleophycology.

   • 2009, John P. Smol, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective, →ISBN:

     As most of the primary production in freshwater systems comes from algae, and given that there are many thousands of algal taxa, it is not surprising that paleophycology has played a leading role in paleolimnology.

   • 2012, Daniela Basso, Bruno Granier, “Calcareous algae in changing environments”, in Geodiversitas, volume 34, number 1:

     We dedicate this special issue to all aspects of quantifying species abundance and the subsequent elaborations of it in paleophycology.

• paleoalgology

• paleophycological