The current field of conservation paleobiology was established by the work of K.W. Flessa and G.P. Dietl during the first decade of the 21st century.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent academic sources (Frontiers, Springer, ResearchGate) corroborate that Flessa coined the term in 2002 and that Dietl and Flessa's subsequent work (2009 volume, 2011 review) crystallized conservation paleobiology as a recognized field within the first decade of the 2000s. [tier=gold indep_score=0.983 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Conservation paleobiology (wikipedia)
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1031483/full (corroboration)
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73795-9_1 (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285727048_Conservation_paleobiology (corroboration)