quaternarist

quaternarist

English

Alternative forms

• Quaternarist

Etymology

From Quaternary +‎ -ist.

Noun

quaternarist (plural quaternarists)

1. (geology, paleontology) A specialist in the Quaternary period.
   • 2008 January 25, Richard A. Kerr, "A Time War Over the Period We Live In", Science 319(5862), page 402,

     Indeed, in recent years, the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) "abolished" the Quaternary, according to riled quaternarists.