A paleontologist is a scientist who studies the fossils of ancient animals. They work to learn more about the history of the earth and the animals that lived on it.
He is a paleontologist, which is why he knows so much about fossils.
She is a paleontologist, which is why she was able to identify the fossil that he found.
noun
a specialist in paleontology
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I'm a mammalian paleontologist and a taxonomist.
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The family was named by the paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1889.
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An insight into the life of a paleontologist.
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He almost certainly is the paleontologist.
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I am an undergrad paleontologist.
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I'd reword it, but I'm no paleontologist.
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Paleontologists are certainly wary of emphasizing it.
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But again, I'm not a plant paleontologist.
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Also, I'm not an invertebrate paleontologist.
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The bot operator is not a vertebrate paleontologist.