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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 was educational for the Victorians,” said Adrian Lister, a paleobiologist at the Natural History Museum in London.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2023

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

When co-author and University of Oxford paleobiologist Frances Dunn saw a cast of the fossil, she says, “It was instantly clear that this was really special and really rare.”

From Science Magazine Jul. 25, 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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