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Earl Douglass

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American paleontologist

United StatesScientistsLived 1862 to 1931 · aged 68
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Earl Douglass was an American paleontologist who discovered the dinosaur Apatosaurus, playing a central role in one of the most important fossil finds in North America.

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Earl Douglass with his hand on a Diplodocus specimen, Dinosaur National Monument (August 1922).Earl Douglass with his hand on a Diplodocus specimen, Dinosaur National Monument (August 1922).Earl Douglass a day or two after the dinosaur discovery (~August 18-20, 1909).Earl Douglass a day or two after the dinosaur discovery (~August 18-20, 1909).Apatosaurus louisae (specimen CM 3018), exhibited at the CMNHApatosaurus louisae (specimen CM 3018), exhibited at the CMNH

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Earl Douglass was an American paleontologist who discovered the dinosaur Apatosaurus, playing a central role in one of the most important fossil finds in North America. By 1922 Douglass had unearthed and shipped more than 700,000 pounds of material including nearly 20 complete skeletons of Jurassic dinosaurs such as Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Stegosaurus, Barosaurus, Camarasaurus and Brontosaurus.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1862 to 1931 · aged 68
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