PALEONTOLOGIST Definition & Meaning

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paleontologist

[ pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jistor, especially British, pal-ee- ]

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noun

a scientist who specializes in the study of life forms that existed in previous geologic periods, as represented by their fossils:
The education program manager for the museum has worked as a paleontologist, digging up dinosaur bones in Wyoming.

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Origin of paleontologist¹

paleontolog(y) ( def ) + -ist ( def )

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The skeleton was unearthed 2 years ago by a commercial paleontologist in Colorado’s fossil-rich Morrison Formation, then put up for auction earlier this year.

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“There has never been a study of this kind, ever,” says lead author Martin Qvarnström, a paleontologist at Uppsala University.

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Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefer drumsticks.

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For many years, paleontologists have debated what these prehistoric big cats would have looked like based on their fossilized bones.

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Even that small outpost is miles from the desert where a dozen paleontologists are hiking, looking for signs of long-ago life.

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