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Zhonghe Zhou

Zhonghe Zhou is a paleontologist specializing in the study of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds. His work focuses on fossil...

China Dinosaurs Birds Cretaceous

8.7 Great

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Fernando Novas

Fernando Novas is an Argentine paleontologist at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum who co-discovered unus...

Argentina Dinosaurs Cretaceous Theropods

8.5 Great

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Alexander Kellner

Alexander Kellner is a prominent Brazilian paleontologist and director of the National Museum of Brazil, internationally...

Brazil Dinosaurs Cretaceous Pterosaurs

8.3 Great

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Jeffrey A. Wilson

Jeffrey A. Wilson is an American paleontologist at the University of Michigan, known for sauropod phylogeny and co-namin...

USA Dinosaurs Cretaceous Sauropods

8.2 Great

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Rodolfo Coria

Rodolfo Coria is an Argentine paleontologist famous for co-describing some of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, inc...

Argentina Dinosaurs Cretaceous Theropods

8.1 Great

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Zhao Xijin

Zhao Xijin is a Chinese paleontologist who conducted foundational research at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology a...

China Dinosaurs Cretaceous Vertebrates

7.9 Good

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David B. Weishampel

David B. Weishampel is an American dinosaur paleontologist who co-edited The Dinosauria, a major reference first publish...

USA Evolution Dinosaurs Hadrosaurs

7.8 Good

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Jingmai O'Connor

Jingmai O'Connor is an American paleontologist at Chicago's Field Museum, noted for research on Cretaceous birds and ena...

USA Dinosaurs Birds Cretaceous

7.7 Good

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James I. Kirkland

James I. Kirkland is an American paleontologist and Utah state paleontologist who co-named the giant dromaeosaur Utahrap...

USA Fieldwork Dinosaurs Cretaceous

7.6 Good

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Lindsay Zanno

Lindsay Zanno is an American theropod paleontologist at North Carolina State who helped name Siats in 2013 and Moros in...

USA Dinosaurs Cretaceous Theropods

7.6 Good

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Patricia Vickers-Rich

Patricia Vickers-Rich is an Australian paleontologist who, with Tom Rich, described the polar dinosaur Leaellynasaura fr...

Australia Antarctica Dinosaurs Birds

7.6 Good

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Leonardo Salgado

Leonardo Salgado is an Argentine paleontologist renowned for his extensive research on sauropod dinosaurs and co-describ...

Argentina Dinosaurs Cretaceous Sauropods

7.6 Good

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Ashok Sahni

Ashok Sahni is a prominent Indian paleontologist known for discovering Late Cretaceous dinosaur nesting sites in India's...

India Dinosaurs Cretaceous Vertebrates

7.5 Good

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David C. Evans

David C. Evans is a Canadian paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum, noted for Cretaceous hadrosaurs and co-naming W...

Canada Dinosaurs Cretaceous Hadrosaurs

7.5 Good

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Michael J. Ryan

Michael J. Ryan is a Canadian paleontologist known for ceratopsian dinosaurs, including naming Albertaceratops in 2007 a...

Canada Dinosaurs Cretaceous Ceratopsians

7.5 Good

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Thomas H. Rich

Thomas H. Rich is an Australian paleontologist at Museums Victoria, known for Dinosaur Cove and Early Cretaceous polar d...

Australia Mammals Antarctica Dinosaurs

7.4 Good

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You Hailu

You Hailu is a Chinese paleontologist recognized for his extensive research on ornithischian dinosaurs, notably co-autho...

China Dinosaurs Cretaceous Sauropods

7.4 Good

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Ismar de Souza Carvalho

Ismar de Souza Carvalho is a Brazilian paleontologist and geologist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro who spec...

Brazil Dinosaurs Cretaceous Ichnology

7.4 Good

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Tyler Lyson

Tyler Lyson is an American paleontologist at the Denver Museum, known for finding the Dakota hadrosaur in 1999 and study...

USA Dinosaurs Cretaceous Turtles

7.4 Good

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Ryan McKellar

Ryan McKellar is a Canadian paleontologist and amber specialist whose work includes 80-million-year-old feathers in Cana...

Canada Amber Dinosaurs Cretaceous

7.3 Good