Paleontologist is an English word with synonyms like palaeontologist or scientist. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paleontologist meaning
One who studies paleontology.
Synonyms of Paleontologist
Using Paleontologist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who studies paleontology.
- Useful related words include: palaeontologist, fossilist, scientist, man of science.
- In the example corpus, paleontologist often appears in combinations such as: paleontologist and, paleontologist peter, the paleontologist.
Context around Paleontologist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paleontologist
- In this selection, "paleontologist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, park, edinburgh, city, alan, says and thomas stand out and add context to how "paleontologist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to paleontologist alan turner and and park paleontologist at dinosaur. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paleontologist" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paleontologist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rebecca Hunt–Foster, curator and park paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument. (11 words)
Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim lectures in depth about the largest predatory dinosaur discovered so far. (14 words)
Also the late paleontologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould was a long-time supporter. (14 words)
But even though its shape looks odd, when we measure its volume we can see that it was pretty big compared to the size of the body,” said University of Edinburgh paleontologist and study senior author Steve Brusatte. (38 words)
Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and his colleague Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) are invited, among other guests, on a preview tour of a billionaire’s one-of-a-kind theme park featuring real, live, cloned dinosaurs. (37 words)
The paleontologist says that the project that led to this discovery identified four paleontological sites with a high density of bee cocoon fossils, reaching thousands in a square measuring one meter on a side. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rebecca Hunt–Foster, curator and park paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument.
The paleontologist says that the project that led to this discovery identified four paleontological sites with a high density of bee cocoon fossils, reaching thousands in a square measuring one meter on a side.
But about a decade later, the paleontologist Thomas Carr made the most detailed argument yet that the 1942 specimen was in fact a juvenile T. rex, attributing the differences to its immaturity.
But even though its shape looks odd, when we measure its volume we can see that it was pretty big compared to the size of the body,” said University of Edinburgh paleontologist and study senior author Steve Brusatte.
Paleontologist Thaís Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, on July 11, 2024.
After a horrific attack in a lake left a small community stunned, the local Fish and Game officer enlists in the help of a New York City paleontologist named Kelly to help.
German paleontologist and explorer Ernst Stromer first discovered remains of the Spinosaurus in Egypt’s Baharia oasis on the edge of the Sahara Desert in 1912.
Our knowledge of early dinosaur brains is very slight, said Fabien Knoll, a paleontologist at the Dinopolis Foundation in Teruel, Spain.
Paleontologist Joshua Lively, a curator at the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum, agrees and said that this study epitomizes why embracing uncertainty can lead to better, more accurate science.
Since becoming the Witte's first paleontologist in 2013, Adams has already discovered two new species of ancient crocodile — including a little fella Tarsomordeo winkleri.
Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and his colleague Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) are invited, among other guests, on a preview tour of a billionaire’s one-of-a-kind theme park featuring real, live, cloned dinosaurs.
Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim lectures in depth about the largest predatory dinosaur discovered so far.
Petrified Forest, AZ – Thirty-three years ago, paleontologist Bryan Small discovered remains of a brand new dinosaur at Petrified Forest National Park.
The paleontologist also highlighted the importance of a discovery in the tropics, where many fossil beds are covered by thick vegetation, making access to exposed rock faces a challenge.
CBS News’ Carter Evans first met paleontologist Dr. Ashley Leger last summer, 40 feet underground, where she leads a group of archaeologists in one of the most unusual digs in the country.
He’s talking about becoming a paleontologist and simultaneously doing something on social media specifically related to science, and so that’s something I feel I can support.
According to paleontologist Alan Turner, V. mongoliensis restored by Matthew Martyniuk (2006) showing the large wing feathers evidenced by fossil quill knobs.
Also the late paleontologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould was a long-time supporter.
Citation needed Canadian paleontologist Digby McLaren suggested in 1969 that the Devonian extinction events were caused by an asteroid impact.
Despite this, at least one paleontologist— Robert T. Bakker —argued in the 1990s that A. ajax and A. excelsus were in fact sufficiently distinct for the latter to merit a separate genus.
Common combinations with paleontologist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- paleontologist and 4×
- paleontologist peter 4×
- the paleontologist 3×
- paleontologist at 2×
- paleontologist alan 2×