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palaeontologists ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪsts BNC⁴⁰²¹¹Economist²⁹⁹⁰¹⁺⁴
基本例句
古生物学家；化石学家原型palaeontologist的复数 On top of that, coprolites, as palaeontologists politely describe fossil faeces, have turned up with ammonite shells in them.
更重要的是，就像古生物学家们礼貌地形容化石粪便一样，带有鹦鹉螺壳的粪化石已经找到了。 ecocn
Rather than counting individual species of fossils, which vary over time, palaeontologists who study extinction usually countentire groups of related species, called genera.
由于个体种化石的的数量统计随着时间的推移而变化，研究生物灭绝的古生物学家们更倾向于对称为类的有相互联系的整个物种种群进行统计研究。 ecocn
The fossilised footprints of a group of young children playing as they scampered after livestock have been discovered by a team of British palaeontologists in Namibia.
一队英国古生物学家在纳米比亚发现了一群儿童追逐牲畜嬉闹时的脚印遗迹化石。 yeeyan
WHEN a coelacanth, a type of lobe- finned fish once considered the missing link between fish and amphibians, was found off the coast of South Africa in1938, it came as a shock to palaeontologists.
以前人们一度认为一种叫做腔棘鱼的鳍鱼是鱼类和两栖类之间缺少的环节，1938年当腔棘鱼在南非海岸沿海被发现时，古生物学家对它的出现大感震惊。 ecocn
A sizeable contingent from China is attending the conference in Bristol, one of the largest gatherings of palaeontologists ever.
一个来自的中国规模庞大的代表团将参加在英国布里斯托尔举行的有史以来古生物学家的一次规模最大的盛会。 yeeyan
Another conflict between palaeontologists and molecular biologists seems to have been similarly resolved.
古生物学家和分子生物学家之间的另一场争论似乎也得到类似的解决。 ecocn
But the new fossil suggests this creature was just another feathery dinosaur and not the significant link that palaeontologists had believed.
但新的化石暗示着这物种只是又一种长有羽毛的恐龙，而不是一直以来古生物学家相信的具有重大意义的一环。 yeeyan
By studying the impressions on the inside of a cranium, palaeontologists have an opportunity to estimate what the surface of a brain may have looked like and estimate the size of a brain.
通过研究颅内的样子，古生物学家有可能估计出他们大脑表层的样子和大脑的大小。 cri
Cutting-edge scientists, palaeontologists and geologists investigate what could be responsible and chart the story behind the widely held theory that Earth was hit once again by a deadly asteroid.
尖端科学家，古生物学家和地质学家调查和负责和图表背后的故事，提出人们广泛持有的理论：地球将会再次被小行星致命地击中。 verycd
For years, palaeontologists have wondered if the same was true of plesiosaurs.
数年来，古生物学家一直想知道蛇颈龙是否也通过怀胎方式繁殖后代。 topsage
Forty years ago, for example, palaeontologists thought that hominids, the group of primates that includes modern humans, had been distinct from other apes for some25m years.
比如四十年前，古生物学家就认为原始人包括现代人在内的灵长类群体与大约2500万年前的其它类人猿明显不同。 ecocn
He explained that out of millions of fossils found all over the world, this is the first discovery of its kind and should serve as a warning to other palaeontologists.
他解释说，在过去这么多年发现的化石中，这是第一次发现这样种类的，而且这对于其他生物学家来说也是一种警告。 cri
If an ancient animal had structures that looked like antlers, palaeontologists would argue that it probably used them as an elk or moose might.
如果一个古代动物有些看起来像鹿角的结构，古生物学家们就认为他们的功能很可能类似于麋鹿或者驼鹿的鹿角。 ecocn
In Late Miocene times, this area of Chad must have had a lake, because palaeontologists have found the fossilised remains of fish, amphibians and crocodiles.
在中新世晚期乍得地区一定有个湖泊，因为古生物学家已经发现了鱼、两栖动物和鳄鱼的残骸化石。 yeeyan
Indeed, the trait is so useful for arboreal life that it is used by many avian palaeontologists to decide whether newly excavated species of fossil birds lived in trees or on the ground.
事实上，这个特征对树上生活非常的帮助，因此，很多鸟类古生物学家用它来判断新发现的鸟类化石，以前是在树上还是在陆地上生活。 ecocn
Now the same experience is hitting palaeontologists again— but this time in reverse.
现在，同样的经历再次让古生物学家碰上了，不过这次相反。 ecocn
Rather than counting individual species of fossils, which vary over time, palaeontologists who study extinction usually count entire groups of related species, called genera.
古生物学家研究生物灭绝通常计算整个有亲缘关系的物种种群属化石，而不是计算物种个体化石，因为物种的个体化石会随时间不断变化。 ecocn
Some300 zoologists, botanists and palaeontologists are working with millions of specimens to add to our knowledge of the natural world.
大约300个动物学家、植物学家和古生物学家正致力于成千上万的标本，增添我们自然世界的新知识。 yeeyan
That is because palaeontologists themselves are generally a temperate species and are most commonly found in the northern hemisphere.
原因在于基本上这些古生物本身就是温带物种，而且绝大多数出现在北半球。 topsage
That is why the recent discovery of a Jurassic ammonite with a shark’s tooth embedded in its shell has excited palaeontologists.
这正是最近发现的一枚外壳中嵌有鲨鱼齿状物的侏罗纪鹦鹉螺化石令古生物学家兴奋的原因所在。 ecocn
The finding has stunned palaeontologists because the skeleton resembles the larger tyrannosaurs in every respect except its size.
这一发现震惊了全世界的古生物学家，因为除了体型之外，它的骨架与霸王龙在任何方面都极为相似。 yeeyan
The finding leaves palaeontologists in the awkward position of having to identify another creature as the oldest and original avian on which to base the story of birdlife.
这次发现令古生物学家陷入一个尴尬的位置，他们不得不去识别认可另一种生物作为最古老最起初的鸟类，让鸟类种群的故事建立在它之上。 yeeyan
Until now, palaeontologists have thought the recovery took tens of millions of years—a reflection either of the profundity of the Great Dying or of the toxic desert planet that the eruptions created.
在此之前，古生物学家普遍认为这一恢复过程需要上千万年——考虑到“大消亡”的程度，或者由于这些火山气体导致对地球环境的毒化程度。 yeeyan
Palaeontologists in Georgia have unearthed remains of five primitive humans that date back to1.8m years ago, suggesting some of our oldest ancestors lived in the region at the time.
格鲁吉亚的古生物学家已发现了五具原始人类的遗骸化石，其时间可追溯到180万年前，这表明人类的一些最古老的祖先当时生活在该地区。 yeeyan
Palaeontologists cannot tell us this, so different specialists have become involved.
资深古生物学家无法确定时间问题，所以不同领域的专家参与了进来。 yeeyan
Palaeontologists estimate the beast was15 metres long, weighed45 tonnes and hunted the oceans147 million years ago.
古生物学家估计，这只野兽长15米，重45吨，曾在一亿四千七百万年前生活于海洋之中。 yeeyan
Palaeontologists had long thought that many of the Burgess Shale animals are examples of experiments in evolution.
古生物学家曾一度以为布尔吉斯生物群是实验性进化的牺牲品。 ecocn
Palaeontologists have different opinions on the process of the transition.
古生物学家对于转变的过程有不同的观点。 koolearn |