Oct 29, 2024
Othniel C. Marsh – Scientist of the Day
Othniel Charles Marsh, an American paleontologist, was born Oct. 29, 1831, near Lockport, N.Y.
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Othniel C. Marsh – Scientist of the Day
Othniel Charles Marsh, an American paleontologist, was born Oct. 29, 1831, near Lockport, N.Y.
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people be like “somewhere along the way we realized we put elasmosaurus’ head on backwards lol” and don’t know that edward drinker cope put elasmosaurus’ head on backwards and then othniel charles marsh roasted him so hard that he tried to buy EVERY COPY of the journal his wrong construction of elasmosaurus was in to destroy them so no one would make fun of him anymore
Edward Drinker Cope – Scientist of the Day
Edward Drinker Cope, an American paleontologist, was born July 28, 1840.
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The efforts of the two men led to over 142 new species of dinosaurs being discovered and described, though today only 32 are valid.
Wiki article on the Bone Wars/Great Dinosaur Rush of the late 1800s
i’m just looking for some angle to approach the ideakid’s growth from and i read that and i’m like
... the guy who founded my fav museum was an asshole and sooooo embarrassing wow
reblog if you want a relationship like this
Arthur Lakes – Scientist of the Day
Arthur Lakes, an American artist and geologist, was born Dec. 21, 1844.
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Alright, so here are the cute bone wars buttons I got recently, along with Bone Sharps, cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology (that’s a mouthful...) by Jim Ottaviani – a fun graphic novel (graphic novel!) about Cope and Marsh’s famous feud. Definitely check out this book and then pick your team button/shirt/etc. from JohnnyKaje over at Zazzle. (I had to get both!)
I also picked up The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert Bakker (who also wrote Raptor Red, a story through the eyes of a Utahraptor. I’ll probably mention this book again in the future). The illustrations in The Dinosaur Heresies are clear and helpful and almost kind of cute and funny. My copy is from 1986. I love it.
Got my buttons in the mail the other day! From JohnnyKaje on Zazzle.