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This is a list of notable paleontologists who have made significant contributions to the field of paleontology. Only paleontologists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here. Only paleontologists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.
John Harold Ostrom (February 18, 1928 – July 16, 2005) was an American paleontologist who revolutionized the modern understanding of dinosaurs. [1] Ostrom's work inspired what his pupil Robert T. Bakker has termed a "dinosaur renaissance".
Niles Eldredge (/ ˈ ɛ l d r ɪ dʒ / ELD-rij; born August 25, 1943) is an American biologist and paleontologist, ... Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of ...
Stephen Jay Gould (/ ɡ uː l d / GOOLD; September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science.He was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. [1]
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born in the Château of Sarcenat, Orcines, about 2.5 miles north-west of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, French Third Republic, on 1 May 1881, as the fourth of eleven children of librarian Emmanuel Teilhard de Chardin (1844–1932) and Berthe-Adèle, née de Dompierre d'Hornoys of Picardy.
2001: The festschrift Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie was published in his honor [2] 2003: Ranked as one of Canada's top five explorers by Time [4] 2004: Michael Smith Award [4] 2006: ASTech Award [4] 2010: Alberta Order of Excellence; 2012: The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Gold ...
Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 – March 18, 1899) was an American professor of Paleontology in Yale College and President of the National Academy of Sciences. He was one of the preeminent scientists in the field of paleontology. Among his legacies are the discovery or description of dozens of new species and theories on the origins of ...
He also published a number of books, including Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (1988), [34] which remains a seminal textbook, Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution (1997), [35] and The Rise of Amphibians: 365 Million Years of Evolution (2009). [36]