paleontologist
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“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Researchers chose the name Tylosaurus rex as a tribute to paleontologist John Thurmond.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
If you’re a paleontologist, you probably know this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
"The Ediacara Biota look totally bizarre in their appearance. Some of them have triradial symmetry, some have spiraling arms, some have fractal patterning," says Dr. Lidya Tarhan, a paleontologist at Yale University.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
Archie was not morbid; he was a paleontologist.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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