What is the name for a person who studies dinosaur fossils

Question

is it just an archaeologist or is there a special name

Answer 1

Palaeontologist

An archaeologist studies ancient human culture and artefacts

Answer 2

Paleontologist... don't you watch Friends??

Cheers

Answer 3

Ross.

Answer 4

Paleontologist

Answer 5

paleantologist

Answer 6

I believe that specialty is called paleontology, and a person who does it is a paleontologist.

Archeologists don't actually study "old bones", dinosaur or others.  They study ancient civilizations by examining the leavings, like bits of pottery, old tools and even dung (aka "poo").  Bone fragments and whole skeltons of people or animals come into it sometimes, but they are not the main objective of the archaeologist.

Answer 7

Paleontologist (spelling?)  

Answer 8

This is a Paleontoligist. Archeologists tend to look at the materialistic remains of  a culture rather then bones and other human remains...this is more in the field of Forensic Anthropologists. It really is an exciting field and was comically portrayed by Ross Gellar on Friends.