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Mignon Talbot

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American paleontologist and geologist (1869-1950)

United StatesLived 1869 to 1950 · aged 80
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Mignon Talbot was an American paleontologist. Talbot recovered and named the only known fossils of the dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis, which were found near Mount Holyoke College in 1910, and published a scientific description of the specimen in 1911.

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Podokesaurus fossil found and described by Talbot, the first non-bird dinosaur named by a womanPodokesaurus fossil found and described by Talbot, the first non-bird dinosaur named by a womanTalbot (second from left) and students searching the rubble of Williston Hall for fossilsTalbot (second from left) and students searching the rubble of Williston Hall for fossils

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Mignon Talbot was an American paleontologist. Talbot recovered and named the only known fossils of the dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis, which were found near Mount Holyoke College in 1910, and published a scientific description of the specimen in 1911. In 1909 she became the first woman elected to be a member of the Paleontological Society. In the state of New York, she contributed to the Helderbergian crinoids and studied the faunas of Stafford limestone.

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United States
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Lived 1869 to 1950 · aged 80
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