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Richard Owen
A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations
The Cretaceous sediments of southern England (dating from 145 million to 83 million years ago) have yielded a plethora of fossil reptile specimens, ranging from flying reptiles to gigantic marine predators.
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Richard Owen
Monograph on the Reptilia of the Kimmeridge Clay and Portland Stone
The discovery of marine reptiles in the Jurassic rocks of central and southern England helped spark a revolution in the earth sciences, opening new vistas on deep time and revealing a variety of animals whose bizarre appearances kick-started long-standing public fascination with extinct life.
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Richard Owen
A Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the Liassic Formations
Discoveries of fossil reptiles in the sea cliffs of south-western England helped to consolidate ideas of 'deep time' and extinction by revealing ancient worlds whose unfamiliar and bizarre inhabitants had no living counterparts.
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Richard Owen
On the Anatomy of Vertebrates 3 Volume Set
Richard Owen F.R.S. (1804–92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Owen studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital.
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Richard Owen
On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia
English anatomist and biologist Richard Owen (1804–92), who in 1842 coined the word 'dinosaur', published this book in 1859, the year of On the Origin of Species.
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