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Any aspect of Biology is attributable to Paleontology. From my point of view, a paleontologist is really just a biologist who looks at rocks. Since all of the major extant taxa can trace their lineage back to the Cambrian radiation, modern biology is extremely useful when trying to reconstruct the ecology of extinct organisms. The rocks and fossils can only tell us so much, so often modern organisms are used to draw analogies to extinct organisms.

The "type" of biology you would use for paleontological study really depends on the organisms you are looking at. Most paleontologists deal with invertebrate fossils, and as a result they usually have a pretty good handle on invertebrate biology. Conversely, if you want to study dinosaurs, you would need a good background in vertebrate zoology and probably anatomy as well. Evolutionary biology and systematics are also incredibly helpful to the paleontologist, too.

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