Henry Fairfield Osborn
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Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was professor of anatomy at Columbia University, president of the American Museum of Natural History for
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn
Osborn (r.) and Barnum Brown at Como-Bluff during the American Museum of Natural History expedition of 1897 with limb bone of Diplodocus specimen AMNH 223
His country home, Castle Rock in Garrison, New York, 2009.
Osborn and his wife Lucretia
Velociraptor
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Velociraptor is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although o
Henry Fairfield Osborn
…History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society. Among his significant contributions include naming the dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, his widely used system of names for dental cusps and other features of mammalian teeth, as well as his research on fossil proboscideans (elephants and…
Velociraptor skeleton white background
The Flaming Cliffs, Mongolia in 2018
Line diagram of V. mongoliensis holotype skull and associated manual ungual
Velociraptor specimen MPC-D 100/982, possibly a new species