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José Bonaparte

José Bonaparte was a prominent Argentinian paleontologist specializing in the study of mammals and dinosaurs. His work s...

Historical Argentina Mammals Dinosaurs

9.3 Excellent

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Yang Zhongjian

Yang Zhongjian was a prominent 20th-century paleontologist based in China. His work significantly advanced understanding...

China Historical Dinosaurs Vertebrates

9.1 Excellent

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Rinchen Barsbold

Rinchen Barsbold was a Mongolian paleontologist who founded Oviraptoridae in 1976 and became a leading authority on Gobi...

Mongolia Dinosaurs Gobi Theropods

8.8 Great

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Zhonghe Zhou

Zhonghe Zhou is a prominent Chinese paleontologist and director of the IVPP, recognized for his extensive research on ea...

China Dinosaurs Birds Cretaceous

8.7 Great

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Halszka Osmólska

Halszka Osmólska was a Polish paleontologist of Mongolian dinosaurs who co-named the giant-armed theropod Deinocheirus i...

Poland Dinosaurs Gobi Theropods

8.6 Great

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Philip J. Currie

Philip J. Currie is a Canadian paleontologist, former Royal Tyrrell curator, known for theropod research and Alberta din...

Canada Dinosaurs Gobi Theropods

8.5 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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Dong Zhiming

Dong Zhiming was a Chinese dinosaur paleontologist at IVPP who co-named Shunosaurus in 1983 and authored Dinosaurian Fau...

China Jurassic Fieldwork Dinosaurs

8.4 Great

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Mark Norell

Mark Norell is an American paleontologist at the AMNH, known for Mongolian expeditions and fossils linking theropod dino...

USA Dinosaurs Gobi Theropods

8.1 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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Steve Brusatte

Steve Brusatte is an American paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, known for dinosaur evolution studies and ty...

Evolution Britain Dinosaurs Theropods

7.7 Good

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Thomas R. Holtz Jr.

Thomas R. Holtz Jr. is an American paleontologist at the University of Maryland, noted for tyrannosaur systematics and d...

Education USA Dinosaurs Theropods

7.7 Good

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Matthew Carrano

Matthew Carrano is an American paleontologist at the Smithsonian, noted for dinosaur macroevolution and a 2012 phylogeny...

USA Collections Dinosaurs Theropods

7.7 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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Oliver Rauhut

Oliver Rauhut is a German vertebrate paleontologist in Munich, known for Mesozoic dinosaurs and naming the Jurassic ther...

Germany Jurassic Dinosaurs Theropods

7.6 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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Lü Junchang

Lü Junchang was a prolific Chinese paleontologist who specialized in pterosaurs and feathered dinosaurs, describing impo...

China Dinosaurs Cretaceous Pterosaurs

7.3 Good

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Daniel Chure

Daniel Chure is a vertebrate paleontologist noted for Dinosaur National Monument work; he and colleagues named the sauro...

USA Jurassic Dinosaurs Theropods

7.2 Good

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Juan Porfiri

Juan Porfiri is an Argentine paleontologist associated with the Universidad Nacional del Comahue who notably co-authored...

Argentina Dinosaurs Cretaceous Theropods

6.9 Fair