palaeontologist

Having ' given up a career in basketball to become a Palaeontologist ', Ross takes a job at New York University .

为了成为古生物学家而放弃篮球事业的罗斯在纽约大学任职。

This reflected the low sea levels resulting from successive ice ages , according to Chris stringer , a natural history museum palaeontologist .

自然历史博物馆古生物学家克里斯斯特林格（chrisstringer）称，这反映出接连不断的冰川期导致海平面很低。

Palaeontologist Richard Owen told him the fossils he had found were of extinct relatives of South American animals living today .

古生物学家理查德·欧文则对他说，他发现的化石是现今生活在南美洲的动物业已灭绝的亲属。

Dr Phil Manning , a palaeontologist at the University of Manchester , describes the find as'gobsmackingly amazing'and also'bloody useful ' .

菲尔·曼尼博士，一位曼彻斯特大学的古生物学家，将这个发现描述为“相当震惊”和“极其有用”。

One of the characters is a university lecturer , and another a radio host - not a world away from palaeontologist Ross and actor Joey .

其中一个主角是大学老师，另一个是广播节目主持人——与老友记中古生物家的Ross和演员Joey的身份角色也没有差太远。

Dr Manabu Sakamoto , a palaeontologist from the University of Reading , who led the research , said : " We were not expecting this result . Even though they were wiped out ultimately by the impact of the asteroid , they were actually already on their way out around 50 million years before the asteroid hit . "

英国雷丁大学古生物学家ManabuSakamoto博士主导这项研究，他说：“我们没料到是这样的结果。尽管恐龙是由于小行星撞地球而灭绝，但在这之前，即距今约5000万年前，恐龙已经开始走向衰落。”