zoogeologyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogeology_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogeology, n.
Revised 2017

zoogeologynoun

Now rare.
  1. 1838–
    The field of study concerned with the relationship of extinct animals and animal fossils to geology; cf. palaeozoology n.
    1. 1838
      A science which..owes the greater part of its general propositions to comparative anatomy and conchology, might more properly be called Zoogeology.
      C. M. Burnett, Power, Wisdom, & Goodness of God p. v
    2. 1861
      The transition from these fields of inquiry to that of palæontology or zoo-geology.
      A. Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes xv. 536
    3. 1977
      Instead of taking the customary approaches, oriented toward ecology or zoogeology, the contributors to these volumes view deep-sea animals as representatives of a unique fauna adapted to conditions..reproduced nowhere else.
      Quarterly Review of Biology vol. 52 308/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.