1.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。
2.A palaeontologist at the British Museum assembled the bones and believed that they represented the "missing link" between humans and apes.
大英博物馆的古生物学家，将这些骨头装配了起来，并相信这些骨头反映了人类与猿人之间“迷失的一环”。
3.Manchester palaeontologist Phil Manning described the discovery as an insight into "the chemistry of life itself" .
曼彻斯特大学的古生物学家PhilManning将这次发现描述成是对“生命的化学成分本身”的一次洞察。
4.A "hybrid" as he put it, he was anatomist, zoologist and vertebrate palaeontologist in equal measure.
他是一位解剖学家、动物学家，同时也是一位研究脊椎动物的古生物学家，他把自己称作“混合物”。
5.TIM FLANNERY, an Australian mammalogist and palaeontologist, is an environmental celebrity.
澳大利亚哺乳动物学家兼古生物学家，TIMFLANNERY，是一个环境方面的名人。
6.Now, renowned Chinese palaeontologist Professor Xu Xing believes his new discovery has finally knocked Archaeopteryx off its perch.
现在，具有声望的中国古生物学家徐星教授相信：他的新发现已经正式地把“始祖鸟”踢下神坛。
7.After a bout of cancer he dismissed a visitor's worries, saying: "as a palaeontologist, I'm familiar with extinction. "
在一次癌症复发过后，他消除了探望者的担心，他说：“作为一位古生物学家，我对消失可是熟悉得很”。
8.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。