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paleontologist

[pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jist, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li ənˈtɒl ə dʒɪst, ˌpæl i- /


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Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, Edelman’s founding executive director, says the location is unique in the quantity of fossils embedded in fallout from the asteroid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Paleontologist Jack Tseng, associate professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, doesn't think the double fangs were a fluke.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Paleontologist Michael D. D'Emic recently analyzed sauropod size around the world and found that different lineages evolved into giants three dozen times.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

Paleontologist Nicolas Chimento said scientists decided to name the dinosaur "Chucarosaurus Diripienda", meaning hard-boiled and scrambled, because it had rolled around and survived the accident.

From Reuters • May 18, 2023

Paleontologist Charles Gilmore took the train to Clovis that summer.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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