palaeobiologistpaleobiologistn.
/ˌpalɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌbaɪˈɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of palaeobiology.
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fossilist1747
fossilogist1776
oryctologist1799
fossilologist1801
palaeontologist1838
palaeobiologist1900
palaeontographer1935
palaeopathologist1939
taphonomist1974
1900 Biol. Lect. Marine Biol. Lab. Woods Holl 1899 ix. 132 The method thus elaborated has been and is now in constant use by a number of paleobiologists.
1975 Nature 1 May 16/1 Because they have become excited by new biological concepts and wish to apply them to fossils, a number of young researchers would now prefer to call themselves palaeobiologists.
1993 Daily Tel. 10 June 19/3 Dr Charles Pellegrino, a palaeobiologist from Long Island, has ventured the thought that within 30 years it may be possible to extract the DNA of dinosaurs from traces of their blood found in the stomachs of flies embedded in amber.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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