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Larson, along with paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter, edited the scholarly text Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King. Larson and his ex-wife Kristin Donnan wrote the book, Rex Appeal, about the U.S. Government taking possession of "Sue" following its excavation.
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.
William L. Abler or simply known as Bill Abler was a paleontologist who has mostly studied the teeth of dinosaurs and also proposed a radical theory of human language that sees it sharing the same fundamental principles as mathematics and algebra.
By this time, paleontology had become her main passion. [10] On August 12, 1990, while examining a cliff-side in South Dakota with a team from the Black Hills Institute, she discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex specimen – the largest, most complete, and best preserved T. rex ever found. The specimen was later named "Sue" in her honor.
Paleontology (/ ˌ p eɪ l i ɒ n ˈ t ɒ l ə dʒ i, ˌ p æ l i-,-ən-/ PAY-lee-on-TOL-ə-jee, PAL-ee-, -ən-), also spelled palaeontology [a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
Getty By Rachel Gillett Paleontology may be one of the coolest careers to break into, but it's far from the easiest. As Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic writer Brian Switek laments ...
She studied under the Finnish paleontologist Björn Kurtén, then one of the most distinguished authorities on studies on prehistoric mammals. Anderson returned to the United States after completing her Ph.D. and worked as a scientific consultant at the Pleistocene Hall at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution .
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