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paleoillustrator en · NOUN

Etymology

From paleo- + illustrator.

Meanings

1. An artist who produces scientific illustrations of prehistoric flora and fauna.
   • Typically, the artist is asked to document the smallest details of a fossil bone. The paleoillustrator should not hesitate to point out where additional preparation can be used to locate and define such important characters as sutures and foramina. 2003, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (Elaine R. S. Hodges), John Wiley & Sons (2003), page 330
   • Since most of what remains of dinosaurs is bones and footprints, a paleoillustrator must have a head for paleontology and anatomy as well. 2004, Brendan Hanrahan, Great Day Trips in the Connecticut Valley of the Dinosaurs, Perry Heights Press, →ISBN, page 18:
   • Instead of the norm, which is to cop illustrations from other sources, this volume is full of commissioned drawings by John Sibbick—one of the best paleoillustrators in the world. 2009, Mark A, Norell, book review, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 84, Number 3, September 2009 page 288

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Synonyms

paleoartist