neotologist

plural neotologists

1. A student of neotology; one versed in the science of neology.
   1. Someone who studies newly discovered species, minerals, etc.

      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

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      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, change

      1984, 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

      While neotologists have concentrated on unraveling how the three living groups and the trilobites are related to each other, paleobiologists have used the additional data from these unaligned fossils to derive a more inclusive classification.

      2019, Ronald Singer, Encyclopedia of Paleontology

   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

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      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

      Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.

      2013, Peter De Cruz, Comparative Healthcare Law, page 400

      Synonyms: neonatologist