" if it is , that would be pretty rare , " said university of washington paleontologist bax barton 美国华盛顿大学的古生物学家拜克斯巴顿也对此表示： “如果事情确实如此，那它就非常珍稀了。 ”
This realization provided a big incentive for paleontologists to get out in the field and find fossils older than the cambrian 这项体认刺激了古生物学家走入田野，寻找比寒武纪更古老的化石。
Though it may tweak the noses of creationists , not everyone in the world of palaeontology is happy about the display , either 尽管这会给特创论者狠狠一击，然而并非所有的古生物学家都认同此举。
Such questions have driven other paleontologists to fossil - rich locales in south africa , brazil , antarctica and india 许多古生物学家都对这个问题感兴趣，因此他们到南非、巴西、南极洲、印度搜寻化石丰富的地区。
" these are extremely rare , " said philip donoghue , a paleontologist at britain ' s university of bristol . " studying them is a problem . “它们太小了，研究它们很成问题。 ”巴西布列颠大学的古生物学家菲利浦?多纳说到。
Gregory paul , a palaeontologist not involved in the study , is unconvinced by the theory , although he allows the model is plausible 古生物学家格利高里?保罗没有参加这项研究，尽管他承认这种模型好像有些道理，但他对这种说法持怀疑态度。
" amber is like a time capsule made and placed in the earth by nature herself , " said david federman , author of the consumer guide to colored gemstones 琥珀就好比时间胶囊，将某个年代给封锁住。所以，古生物学家得以重建地球上最原始阶段时
In this way , it removed the last scientific objection to what many geologists and paleontologists thought was the great age of the earth and the sun 这样，就清除了许多地质学家和古生物学家认为地球和太阳存在了很长年代的最后一个科学上的异议。
Paleontologists had generally assumed that because dinosaurs were reptiles , they probably grew much as reptiles do today ? that is , rather slowly 古生物学家通常假定，因为恐龙是爬行类， ?们可能与现存爬行类的生长状况类似，也就是生长速率很缓慢。
Some of its conical teeth , vertebrae , and foot - long armor plates , or scutes , were first discovered by french paleontologist albert - felix de lapparent 他们的一些锥形牙齿、脊椎、长达一英尺的鳞甲首先被法国古生物学家阿尔贝弗利克斯?德拉帕朗发现。
