PALEONTOLOGIST Definition & Meaning

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paleontologist

[pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jist, 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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of paleontologist¹

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

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Sauropods, the inspiration for Boom Boom, are one of a few species of dinosaurs that paleontologists say lived in New Zealand.

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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.

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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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