paleobiologist
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- noun
- /ˌpeɪliˈoʊbaɪˌɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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paleobiólogo
- As a paleobiologist, she spends her days analyzing fossilized remains to learn about ancient ecosystems.
- paleobiologist, says
- paleobiologist at the University
Examples
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Read eminent invertebrate zoologist and paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij's work.
Blog text (4) -
Paleobiologists will also use the scale model, along with Virtual Surfaces' animations, to study possible reconstructions of the dinosaur's stance.
Academic text (2000) -
Well, which is why a big-time paleobiologist, like yourself, works here.
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Maxwell should have been a paleobiologist instead of a physical anthropologist.
Fiction book (1996) -
The good news is, we still have most of what we want to save," Berkeley paleobiologist and lead study author Anthony Barnosky said.
Blog text (4) -
But fortunately for paleobiologists, many creatures did meet a sticky end.
Academic text (2006) -
Blaire Van Valkenburgh is a paleobiologist and functional morphologist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Academic text (2009) -
Through such analyses on the dinosaur's jaw (left), paleobiologists will shed light on what the Erlicosaurus ate and how it evolved.
Academic text (2012) -
(BTW, how could I have attended MIT, since it hasn't had paleobiologists on its faculty since the mid-1970s, if not before?)
Blog text (26) -
The paleobiologist discovered new evidence about dinosaurs by studying well-preserved fossils.
Synonyms
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A scientist who studies fossils of ancient animals and plants
A person who studies fossils
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word paleobiologist breaks into three parts: paleo- meaning 'ancient', bio- meaning 'life', as in biology, and -logist meaning 'one who studies', as in biologist. So a paleobiologist is a scientist who studies ancient life, usually by looking at fossils.