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Samuel Stutchbury

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British naturalist (1758-1859)

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Samuel Stutchbury was an English naturalist and geologist. Alongside Henry Riley, Stutchbury was the co-discoverer of Thecodontosaurus, which in 1836 was the fourth dinosaur genus to be named. He also played a part in Gideon Mantell's naming of Iguanodon.

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Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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Samuel Stutchbury was an English naturalist and geologist. Alongside Henry Riley, Stutchbury was the co-discoverer of Thecodontosaurus, which in 1836 was the fourth dinosaur genus to be named. He also played a part in Gideon Mantell's naming of Iguanodon. As a geological surveyor he mapped a large area of eastern Australia.

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Lived 1798 to 1859 · aged 61
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