a specialist in paleontology

the late paleontologist stephen jay gould separated reason and faith with his non-overlapping magisteria (noma)

已故的古生物学家史蒂芬.杰.古尔德（stephenjaygould）就在他的「诺玛理论」（noma：non-overlappingmagisteria）中把理性和信仰分割看待。

perry「s co-star david schwimmer, who played wimpy paleontologist ross geller in friends, has previously resisted attempts to reunite the cast on the big screen.

另一位《老友记》主演大卫?修默，剧中饰演性格怯懦的古生物学者罗斯?盖勒之前拒绝将该剧搬上银幕。

「these tell us what animals were doing, 」 said paleontologist amanda falk of the university of kansas in lawrence. 「the behaviors are pretty much identical to modern plovers and sandpipers.「

来自劳伦斯堪萨斯大学的古生物学家阿曼达?佛克说，“这些印记告诉我们鸟儿正在做什么，这些行为与现代的鸻和矶鹞非常相似。」

nearly every available surface in paleontologist neil landman」s office is covered with trays of ammonite fossils.

在古生物学家尼尔·兰德曼的办公室中，几乎每一块可被利用的空间都摆满了装着菊石化石的托盘。

「it’s a stunning, once-in-a-lifetime find, 」 said paleontologist paul sereno of the university of chicago, who was not involved in the study.

未参与研究的芝加哥大学古生物学家paulsereno表示：「这是个惊人的绝世发现。

specifically, paleontologist mark purnell of the university of leicester in england and his colleagues found four sets of striations oriented in different directions on the teeth of edmontosaurus.

英格兰莱切斯特大学的古生物学家markpurnell和同事们在埃德蒙顿龙的牙齿上发现了四组不同方向的纹路。

simple, quill-like filaments on the head (upper right on fossil), back, and tail of beipiaosaurus inexpectus surprised paleontologist xu xing when he first saw this fossil in 1997.

1997年，当古生物学家徐星第一次看到这块化石时，意外北票龙头部、背上和尾部简易的刚毛状细丝让他觉得惊讶不已。

nearly a century later george gaylord simpson, the preeminent paleontologist of the 20th century, was still at a loss to explain where whales fit in his otherwise orderly evolutionary tree of mammals.

一个世纪之后，20世纪最伟大的古生物学家乔治．盖洛德．辛普森（georgegaylordsimpson），仍不知如何解释哺乳纲动物鲸的逆向进化。

below is a transcript of my interview with university of bucharest paleontologist zoltan csiki, who led the research project concerning balaur bondoc

下面是我和布加勒斯特大学的古生物学家佐尔坦·蒂克尔的采访抄录，他是有关巴拉乌尔·邦多克龙的研究项目的领头人

paleontologist richard kay at duke university in durham, n.c., who also did not participate in this research, said 」seiffert「s view is quite plausible, but so are those of the authors of this study.「

北卡罗来纳州的杜克大学古生物学者理查德·凯，也未参加此项研究，说道：“塞弗特的观点，以及同项的研究的作者的观点，都是具有很强的说服力的。」

」they」re like reptilian raccoons,「 says thomas holtz, a paleontologist at the university of maryland in college park.

按照骨骼大小推算，这只伊奥卓玛龙只有4.5到6.8公斤，从鼻子到尾尖长约1.2米。美国马里兰大学的古生物学家托马斯·霍尔兹说：「它们就像是爬行类的浣熊。」

paleontologist richard forrest measures the jaw bone of the dorset pliosaur in 2009, when the find was first announced.

2009年，当这具多塞郡上龙的颅骨被公诸于世的时候，古生物学家理查德.福瑞斯特（richardforrest）对其颚骨进行了测量。

even the tracks alone say a lot about the feeding behavior of the ancient birds, commented paleontologist martin lockley of the university of colorado in denver.

丹佛科罗拉多大学的古生物学家马丁?劳克雷评论说，即使只有这些足迹也很能说明这些古代鸟类的进食行为。

the 」fact they got these shark teeth fossils with the egg capsules is what makes it really neat, 「 noted andrew heckert, a vertebrate paleontologist at appalachian state university in north carolina.

北卡罗来纳州，阿巴拉契亚州立大学的脊椎动物古生物学者andrewheckert也没有参与这次研究，但他欣喜的赞叹道：「能拥有这些牙齿和卵囊的化石实在是太完美了。 一般只能找到生痕化石[例如皮肤的痕迹]或者身体某个部位的化石，然后绞尽脑汁，想方设法的让它成为一个理论的典型论据。」

paleontologist anthony martin of emory university in atlanta agrees that the injured platypterygius was probably wounded in a fight with one of its own kind.

亚特兰大埃默里大学的古生物学家anthonymartin赞同这条鱼龙大概是在与同类的争斗中挂彩。

」what「s striking is how fast the extinction was,「 says paleontologist douglas erwin of the smithsonian national museum of natural history in washington, d.c., a co-author on the paper.

「让人吃惊的是物种灭绝的速度」来自华盛顿史密斯国家自然历史博物馆的古生物学家道格拉斯·埃尔文说，他是研究报告的合着者。

this is a species 」that no one has seen before and one that has a very significant position in the family tree of dinosaurs, 「 said australian paleontologist adam yates.

澳洲古生物学家亚当叶茨说，这种恐龙「从前没有人见过，在恐龙族谱上有非常重要的地位。」

within a few months of her arrival, goodall met the famed anthropologist and paleontologist louis leakey.

在她到达后没几个月，古道尔就见到了着名的人类学家、古生物学家路易斯·利奇。

「what」s striking is how fast the extinction was,」 says paleontologist douglas erwin of the smithsonian national museum of natural history in washington, d. c. , a co-author on the paper.

「大灭绝的速度是极其惊人的」，论文的作者之一，来自华盛顿史密森尼国家自然历史博物馆的古生物学家道格拉斯欧文这样评价。

not only did mammals sweep across the planet after k-t, but sharks expanded across the seas, explained american museum of natural history vertebrate paleontologist jack conrad.

美国自然历史博物馆脊椎古生物学家jackconrad解释说，k-t大灭绝之后，不但哺乳动物开始主宰地球，鲨鱼也开始在海洋中扩张。

paleontologist michael j. benton, at the university of bristol, told science that up to 51.7 percent of all dinosaur species are miscategorized.

布里斯托尔大学的古生物学家迈克尔j.本顿，对《科学》说在全部的恐龙种族中多达51.7%的种族被错误分类。

」the feathers on these dinosaurs aren「t flight-worthy, and the animals couldn」t fly," says paleontologist kevin padian, of the university of california, berkeley.

「这些恐龙身上的羽毛并不能用于飞行，而且这些动物也不会飞，」加州大学伯克利分校的古生物学家凯文 派迪恩说。