Our mission is to bring you closer than ever to the science behind dinosaur paleontology. General Information Below is a summary of some general information that Paleo-World is involved with. This information will help you understand more of what we do. Take your time to read it and understand it. Paleontology Paleontology is the study of ancient life.
Paleontologists are people who conduct research on ancient life.
Almost everything that a paleontologist studies is a fossil. A fossil can be anything that a living organism left behind, like a impression, footprint, mineral cast, or even the actual organism. The main criteria for being a fossil is to be old. A fossil is anything from a living organism that is over 10,000 years old. The Cretaceous is a time period.