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Grinnell was born on September 20, 1849, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of George Blake and Helen Lansing Grinnell. The family moved when he was seven to Audubon Park , the section of Washington Heights in Manhattan which was developed from the estate after noted ornithologist John James Audubon 's death in 1851. [ 2 ]
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1): 119–143. Dinosaur Fossils are not found in Indiana Archived 2018-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Our Hoosier State Beneath Us: Paleontology. Indiana Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources. Accessed August 2, 2012.
The location of the United States in North America. A substantial amount of paleontological research has occurred within or conducted by people from the United States. Paleontologists have found that at the start of the Paleozoic era, what is now "North" America was actually in the southern hemisphere. Marine life flourished in the country's ...
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (), palynomorphs and chemical residues.
Paleontology Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 – February 5, 1963), [ 1 ] commonly referred to as Mr. Bones , was an American paleontologist. He discovered the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus during a career that made him one of the most famous fossil hunters working from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century.
Annie Montague Alexander (29 December 1867 – 10 September 1950) was an explorer, naturalist, paleontological collector, and philanthropist.. She founded the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ).
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist.Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19.
Mary and Louis Leakey had three sons: Jonathan, born in 1940, Richard in 1944, and Philip in 1949. Their fourth child, a daughter, died as a baby. [7] The three boys received much of their early childhood care at various anthropological sites and, whenever possible, the Leakeys excavated and explored as a family.