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Adolf Seilacher was a German paleontologist specializing in invertebrate paleontology and paleoecology. His research focused on trace fossils – primarily ichnofacies – providing insights into ancient environments and animal behavior. He is particularly recognized for his detailed studies of fossil t...
Kay Behrensmeyer is an American taphonomist at the Smithsonian, known for East African fossil sites and long-term Amboseli bone studies since 1975.
Guy M. Narbonne is a Canadian paleontologist at Queen's University, noted for studies of Ediacaran fossils at Newfoundland's Mistaken Point.
Johannes Walther was a German geologist who formulated Walther's Law of Facies, a crucial stratigraphic principle relating sedimentary environments to rock sequences.
Mikael Fortelius is a Finnish paleontologist at the University of Helsinki, distinguished for his research on mammalian tooth wear and coordinating the Neogene of the Old World database.
Christine Janis is an American paleontologist noted for her extensive research on the evolutionary morphology, ecology, and functional anatomy of Cenozoic mammals, particularly ungulates.
James O. Farlow is an American vertebrate paleontologist known for dinosaur tracks and locomotion; the 2023 ichnogenus Farlowichnus honors him.
William H. Twenhofel (1875–1945) was an American geologist whose 1926 Treatise on Sedimentation established foundational principles of sedimentary petrology.
Catherine E. Badgley is an American paleontologist at the University of Michigan, noted for mammal paleoecology and SVP presidency from 2006 to 2008.
