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paleobiologist

American  
[pay-lee-oh-bahy-ahl-uhj-ist] / ˌpeɪ li oʊ baɪˈɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

paleobiologists plural
  1. a person who studies or works in the field of paleobiology.


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"The marks weren't random scratches," explained Karma Nanglu, a paleobiologist at UC Riverside and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily Nov. 5, 2025

It’s very unusual for scientists to find traces of soft organs, like the guts, in fossilized animals, notes paleobiologist Melanie Hopkins of the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the study.

From Science Magazine Sep. 27, 2023

Zach Wells is a paleobiologist and a geologist.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2022

Fish of this era all have “their identities clearly written on their bodies,” said Michael Coates, a paleobiologist at the University of Chicago who was not involved in the new papers.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2022

It’s been tough for scientists to get a clear picture of the megalodon, said study author Catalina Pimiento, a paleobiologist with the University of Zurich and Swansea University in Wales.

From Seattle Times Aug. 17, 2022

“Being able to work together with paleontologists, paleobiologists enabled us to see the story in an entirely new way and really in some ways rewrite the historical ecology of grizzlies in California,” Alagona said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2024

Such fossil data is, in the hands of conservation paleobiologists around the world, adding ancient perspectives to modern conservation problems in a variety of settings.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2022

But some paleobiologists have recently whittled the Permian extinction down to a few tens of thousands of years, give or take.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2013

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