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English
Etymology
From paleo- + illustrator.
Noun
paleoillustrator (plural paleoillustrators)
- An artist who produces scientific illustrations of prehistoric flora and fauna.
- 2003, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (Elaine R. S. Hodges), John Wiley & Sons (2003), →ISBN, page 330:
- 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.
2004, Brendan Hanrahan, Great Day Trips in the Connecticut Valley of the Dinosaurs, Perry Heights Press, →ISBN, page 18:Since most of what remains of dinosaurs is bones and footprints, a paleoillustrator must have a head for paleontology and anatomy as well.
- 2009, Mark A, Norell, book review, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 84, Number 3, September 2009 page 288:
- 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.
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