neotologist

Noun

neotologist (plural neotologists)

1. Someone who studies newly discovered species, minerals, etc.
   • Briefly stated, the transformational view of the origin of species (a view most commonly found in the paleontological literature but not uncommonly broached when neotologists think about how species "behave" in geologic time) sees evolution as the accumulation of morphologic, hence genetic, change1984, N Eldredge, “Simpson’s Inverse: Bradytely and the Phenomenon of Living Fossils”, in N. Eldredge, S.M. Stanley, editors, Living Fossils. Casebooks in Earth Sciences
   • Paleontologists and neotologists alike have placed emphasis on the role of developmental constraints on evolution (Albrech 1982, Gould 1980, Iltis 1983).1986, Louis J. Gross, Robert M. Miura, Some Mathematical Questions in Biology: Plant Biology, page 46
2. Synonym of neonatologist.
   • We sent in a neotologist and in 2 years he brought that rate down to less than half of what it was before.1981, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, Health Information Systems
   • Alan Rothberg, a US-trained and certified neotologist, was formerly Professor and Head of Paediatrics and Child Health at Wits University.1999, South African Medical Journal - Volume 89, Issues 7-12

   Synonyms:

   neonatologist