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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 cool to see this link between form and function,” says Lisa Whitenack, a paleobiologist at Allegheny College who studies fossil shark teeth.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2024

Zach Wells is a paleobiologist and a geologist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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

Gregory Erickson, a paleobiologist at Florida State University, said that there is some truth to the claims of private excavators.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 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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