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The French word 'paléontologie' was introduced in 1822.

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Corroborated by multiple independent sources including dictionaries, French Wikipedia/Wiktionary, and a specialized paleontology history article, all attributing the term's coinage to Henri Ducrotay de Blainville in 1822. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]

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