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Author names

abadi

Maria Abad

abdalai

Argentiean paleontologist Dr. Ferando Abdala

Abelichnus

Roberto Abel, director of Museo Provincial de Rio Negro, Ciudad de Cipolletti, Rio Negro, Argentina

abelini

Diego Abelin, technician of the Museo de Ciencias Naturles de San Juan

Abelisaurus

Roberto Abel, director of the Museo de Cipolletti, Cipolletti, Argentina

Abelodon

Abel Brillanceau, French geologist and explorer

abramovi

Dr. Alexei Abramov

aclandi

Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, KCB (1815-1900), a professor of medicine at Oxford, England

Acosasaurus

Colombian priest and geologist Carlos Edwardo Acosta Artega (1919-2001)

adachii

Kiyoshi Adachi

Adamisaurus

Adam, son of Sulimiski

adorfi

Norbert Adorf, preparator at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany

aelidae

Aelida I. Popova (Syktyvkar State Unifrsity) (1929-2011)

Agustinia

Agustin Martinelli, a member of the Paleontological team, a young student.

akersteni

William A. Akersten

albati

Friedrich Albat

albersdoeferi

Raimund Albersdörfer

albertoi

Dr. Alberto Barbosa de Carvalho

Alcidedorbignya

Alcide d’Orbigny (1802-1857), first professor of Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris

alcinae

Alcina Barreto, paleobotanist and professor at the Universidade Fedral de Pernambuco, Brazil

alekseevi

Late geologist A. V. Alekseev from Ulyanovsk

alexanderi

Dr. Alexander L. du Toit

alexandri

Russian zoologist Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian

alexandri

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Inostrantsev (1843-1920), Russian Paleontologist

Alexandronectes

Alexander McKay

alexi

Alexander Wetmore

Alexeyisaurus

amateur paleontologist Aleksei Savvich Arkhangelsky

alisonae

Alison L. Chambers

Allinhopsonorum, allinhopsoni

E. F. Allin and J. A. Hopson

allini

Edgar Allin

Alvarezsaurus

Don Gregorio Alvarez, noted historian of Neuquen, Argentina

Alwalkeria

Alick D. Walker

Alymlestes

Alymtau Range, Chimkent District, Southern Kazakhstan

Amalitzkia

Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitski (1860-1917), Russian paleontologist, professor in Warsaw, Poland

Ameghinichnus

Argentinan paleontologist Ameghino

ameghinoi

Argentinan paleontologist Ameghino

ammoni

Bavarian geologist Ludwing von Ammon, while in 1922 Döderlein acquired his collection

amoae

Late Olga Amo-Sanjuan

Amotosaurus

Greek, amoto, "wild": in honor of Rupert Wild

Ancanamunia

Ancan Amun, 18th century warrior cheif of the Araucanian Indians in Mendoza Province, Argentina

andreui

Mr. Javier Andreu

andrewsi

Charles William Andrews

andrewsi

American Scientist in Central Asia, R. C. Andrews

Andressi, andressorum

the family of Chris and Paula Andress

angelli

Jim Angella of Edgemont, South Dakota

angielczyki

Kenneth Angielczyk

Angonisaurus

Angoni, the Tanzanian tribe living near the specimen was found

Anna

V. P. Amalitzky’s wife, Anna Petrovna Amalitskaya (1859-1939)

Annatherapsidus

V. P. Amalitzky’s wife, Anna Petrovna Amalitskaya (1859-1939)

anneae

Anne Warren

anningae

Early paleontologist and fossil collector Mary Anning

Anningasaura

Mary Anning, who was the first-recognized female palaeontologist

antunesi

Professor Miguel Telles Antunes, a Portuguese paleontologis

applebyi

Paleontologist Robert M. Appleby

arambourgi

Prof. Camille Arambourg

Arambourgiania

Prof. Camille Arambourg

Arambourgisuchus

Prof. Camille Arambourg

archeri

Michael Archer

archibaldi

David Archibald

arefjevi

M. P. Aref’ev

Arisierpeton

Mr. Giuseppe Alberto Arisi

arrudacamposi

Antonio Celso de Arruda Camos, eminent Brazilian paleontologist and professor

arrudai

Joao Tadeu Arruda

arsenaultorum

Arsenault family of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada

arturi

Arthur Cruickshank (1932-2011)

astibiae

Dr. Humberto Astibia, leader of the research at the outcrop in Lano

astigarrae

Sr. Santiago Astigarra

astrei

Gaston Astre (1896-1975), a French geologist and paleontologist

athollandrsoni

Prof. Atholl J. Andersion

Atreipus

Atreus Wanner

attavipachi

P. Attavipach, former Director General of the Thai Department of Mineral Resources, a long-time supporter of Palaeontological research.

Attenborosaurus

David Attenborough

auditorei

Marco Auditore

Augustaburiania

Czech paleontologist J. Augusta and the animal painter Z. Burian

aurelioi

physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio, a paleontology enthusiast from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Arthurdactylus

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Avenantia

Jan Avenant

averianovi

Alexander O. Averianov

baidaoyuensis

Baidaoyu, Shansi (Shanxi) Province, China

baileyae

Elisabeth Bailey Sues

baileyi

Bruce Bailey

baini

Father of South African paleontology, Andrew Geddes Bain (1897-1864)

Bainia

Father of South African paleontology, Andrew Geddes Bain (1897-1864)

bairdi

Donald Baird

baldwini

9th century fossil collector David Baldwin,

Banksiops

Professor Max Banks, formerly of the Geology Department, University Tasmania

barberenai

Mario Costa Barberena, Brazilian paleontologist

Barberenia

Mario Costa Barberena, Brazilian paleontologist

Barbosania

Professor Dr. Miguel Barbosa, Sintra Museum of Natural History

Barrosasaurus

Sierra Barrosa, Neuquen Province, Patagonia, Argentina

barsboldi

Mongolian palaeontologist and academician Rinchin Barsbold

bartholomaei

Alfred Bartholoma of Neuenstein

barwini

John R. Barwin

bassetti

Edward M. Bassett (1863-1948)

bauri

George Baur (1859-1898), German Vertebrate Paleontologist

bauri

Baur who was at one time Marsh’s collector, but latter wrote articles on how Marsh’s inaccurate illustrations

bazhanovi

Valerian Semenovich Bazhanov (1907-1984)

becklesii

Beckles

bedheimensis

Hugo Ruhle von Lilienstern of Bedheim

belarminoi

Mr. Belarmino Stefanello, a volunteer at the Museu Municipal Aristides Carlos Rodrigues

Belesodon

Theotonon Beles Xavier

beltanae

Laurence Beltan (former palaeoichthyologist at MNHN, Paris)

benedettoi

Doctor Lusi Benedetto, professor at the Universidad Nacional de Cordobe

benitezii

Sr. Aldino Benitez

Bennettazhia

Chris Bennett

bennetti

George (Geb) Bennett

bentleyi

Curtis Bentley

Bentonyx

British Palaeontologist, and 'rhynchosaur champion' Michael Benton

bermani

David S. Berman

Bernardodon

Prof. Dr. Bernard Kerbs

berrutii

G. Berruti

berthei

Ms Liliana Berthe

besairei

Henri Besairie’s pioneering geologic studies

betsynichollsae

Elizabeth ("Betsy") Nicholls, curator of marine reptiles at the Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology

bialynickae

M. Borsuk-Bialynicka

baieri

Ron Baier, of Taber, Alberta, Canada

Bienotherium

M. N. Bien, (Bian Meinian)

billsarjeanti

Bill Sarjeant

birdi

Roland T. Bird

bishopi

Dr. B. Bishop, ex-Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C

Bishops

late Dr. Barry Bishops, former chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society

blanfordi

Blanford

bleekeri

Remco Bleeker, Goor, the Netherlands

Blezingeria

Richard Blezinger

blittersdorffi

Mr. Rainer Alexander von Blittersdorff

blomi

Geologist G. I. Blom

Bobosaurus

Mr. Roberto "Bobo" Rigo (Udine, Italy)

bobyoungi

Robert Young, for the importance of his underappreation on the Early Cretaceous of Utah

boerei

Arjan C. Boere

bogatchovi

V. V. Bogatchov

bogolubovi

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolubov, palaeontologist

Bogolubovia

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolubov, palaeontologist

bohetii

Boheti bin Amrani, the native African crew supervisor and chief preparator of the German Tendaurus Expedition

bohlini

Dr. Bohlin

bojani

Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus (1776-1827)

Bonacynodon

Argentinean paleontolgist Dr. Jose Ferando Bonaparte

bonapartei

Dr. J. Bonaparte

Bonatitan

Dr. Jose F. Bonaparte, due to his immense contribution to the knowledge of Mesozoic vertebrates in South America

bonapartei

Jose Bonaparte

Bondi, bondorum

Mr. And Mrs. Clayton Bond

bonfieldi

Mr. Harold Bonfield

Bolterpeton

Dr. John Bolt

bonapartei

Jose F. Bonaparte

Bondesius

Pedro Bondesio, investigator of Cenozoic mammals

bonneri

Orville W. Bonner of KUVP

boreni

David L. Boren

Borisodon

rascible colleague and very good friend, the late Boris Gregorievich Veretennikof of Tashkent, Uzbekistan

borsukbialynikae

Polish paleontologist, Prof. Magdalena Borsuk-Bialynicka

Boutakioutichnium

Dr. Mohamed Boutakiout, professor at the University of Rabat

bouyai

Mr. Baadi Bouya, engineer geologist, head of the OCP Geological Survey in Khouribga

bradti

David Bradit of Florence, Montana

Brancatherulum

Carl Wilhelm Franz von Branca , German paleontologist

brancai

Wilhelm von Branca (1844-1929), German paleontologist

Brancasaurus

Brancasaurus

Brandonia

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini

Bressanichnus

Dr. Jose Oscar Bressan, of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Bridetherium

St Bride's Island, South Wales County, England

brinkmani

Donald Barry Brinkman

brinkmania

Donald Barry Brinkman

britoi

Ignacio Aureliano Machado Brito (1938-2001), an important Brazilian paleontologist

Brodavis

late Professor Pierce Brodkorb

Brochuchus

Christopher A. Brochu

brodricki

Harold Brodrick

broinae

France de Lapparent de Brion

broomi

Robert Broom (1866-1951), Scottish vertebrate paleontologist and scholar of South African mammal-like reptiles

Broomicephalus

Robert Broom (1866-1951), Scottish vertebrate paleontologist and scholar of South African mammal-like reptiles

Broomitherium

Robert Broom (1866-1951), Scottish vertebrate paleontologist and scholar of South African mammal-like reptiles

Broomosuchus

Robert Broom (1866-1951), Scottish vertebrate paleontologist and scholar of South African mammal-like reptiles

Brouffia

Dr. Margaret Steen Brough, British vertebrate Paleontologist

browni

Alfred Brown

brumbyi

Professor R. T. Brumby, of South Carolina College

buechneri

Dr. Martin, Büchner former director of the Museum of Natural History in Bielefeld

bucklandii

William Buckland

buffarinii

Mr. Nando Buffarini, Udine

buffetauti

French palaeoherpetologist Eric Buffetaut

buhleri

Late Paul Buhler, a distinguished German functional morphologist and paleornithologist

bukhanchenkoi

Yu. Bukhanchenko

bulanovi

paleontologist V.V. Bulanov

Bulganbaatar

Bulgan, near Bayn Dzak, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia

Buriolestes

Family name Buriol who own the type locality

burkei

Coleman Burke, an American amateur geologist and paleontologist

Burnetia

James Burnet (1714-1799), Lord Monboddo, the famous Scottish evolutionist of the eighteenth century

bustingorryi

Late Manuel Bustingory, owner of the farm

butleri

Prof. P. M. Butler (Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Butlerigale

ercy Milton Butler, British Paleontologist

buzzops

Buzz Pitman, first director of the Rock River Museum near Como Bluff, Wyoming

bryansmalli

Bryan Small

byermauriceorum

Mr. J. Byers and J. Maurici

byrdi

Gary Byrd

Byronosaurus

Byron Jeffe in recognition of his family’s support for the Mongolian Academy of Sciences-American Museum of Natural History Paleontological expeditions

Bystrowiella

Russian paleontologist A. P. Bystrow

Bystrowisuchus

Russian paleontologist, comparative anatomist, and animal painter, A. P. Bystrow

cabazai

Hector Cabaza

cabazai

Tito Cabaza, amateur paleontologist

cabreirai

Dr. Sergio Furtado Cabreira

caffii

Enrico Caffi, the first director of the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi" Bergamo

caldiero

late Ing. Victorino Caldiero (1945-1999)

Callawayia

Dr. R. M. Callaway

Callawayasaurus

Jack Callaway

callenderi

Jonathan F. Callender, Director of NMMNH

calligarisi

Claudio Calligaris

callisoni

George Callison

calvoi

paleontologist Jorge Orlando Calvo (Comahue University, Neuquen)

campi

Charles L. Camp.

Campinasuchus

Campina Verde County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Camposaurus

Charles L. Camp.

Camposipterus

Brazilian paleontologist Diogenes de Almeida Campos

canalei

Doctor Juan Ignacio Canale

andrewi

Chris Andrew

caneeri

Mr. T. Caneer

Cargninia

Padre Daniel Cargnin

carnegii

Andrew Carnegie, the founder of the Carnegie Institution, and in recognition of his interest in vertebrate paleontology

carlylei

Mr. Carlyle Jones

carolinii

Reuben Carolini

carpenteri

Ken Carpenter

carpenteri

Mr. Simon Carpenter

carranzai

Dr. Oscar Carranza Castaneda

carvalhoi

Ismar de Souxa Carvalho

Caseosaurus

E. C. Case

Casamiquelia

Dr. Rodolofo M. Casamiquela

Casamiquelichnus

Dr. Rodolofo M. Casamiquela

cassinisi

Foremost researcher in the Collio Formation, G. Cassins.

castilhoi

Moacir Marques de Castilho

cattoi

Doctor Noemi V. Cattoi.

Caulkicephalus

Caulkhead, the informal name for natives of the Isle of Wight, England

cazaui

Dr. Luis B. Cazau, for his interest in the palaeontology of the La Amarga Formation.

ceciliae

Cecilia Demargasso

ceibalensis

El Ceibal, Candelaria, Salta Province, Argentina

celestae

Celeste Yates who prepared many of the bones

Chalimin

Indian chief who fought against the Spanish conquerors in La Rioja Province, Argentina

changae

Prof. Dr. Meemann Chang

changi

late geologist Mr. Chang Zheng-Lu

changiae

Meeman Chang of the IVPP

changuangi

Chan Guang, a curator at the Hupoge Amber Museum

Charruodon

Charruas, a native South American tribe that lived in southern Brazil

Chatterjeea

Professor Sankar Chatterjee

Clelandina

John Cleland (1835-1924)

cheminii

Luciano Chemini

chengi

Prof. Zheng-Wu Cheng (1931-2015), for his lifetime contribution to Chinese terrestrial biostragiraphy, including the Lufeng Basin

cheni

Professor Chen Pijii

chenianus

Professor Peiji Chen

Chensaurus

Chen Lizhu, Chinese paleontologist

Chiappeavis

Dr. Luis M. Chiappe

choughi

Dr. Chough

chowi

Minchen Chow

chowi

Dr. Zhou (= Chow) Ming-zheng

chuni

Dr. Seung Soo Chun

churei

Daniel J. Chure

cifellii

Dr. Cifellii

cirugedae

Pedro Cirugeda Buj

clark

Merle Clark

clarkae

Mrs. Elaine Clark

clarki

Jim Clark

clarkii

Mr. Charles W. Clark (exploration geologist for the Western Mining Corporation)

cleelandi

Mike Cleeland

clemai

Mr. John M. Clema of Perth, Western Australia

clemensi

Bill Clemmens

Clemensia

Dr. William (Bill) A. Clemens

clemmenseni

Lars B. Clemmensen

Clemensodon

Professor William (Bill) A. Clemens of the University of California Berkeley

cilinskii

Mr. Juan Cilinski

cliftii

William Clift

cluveri

Michael A. Cluver

cohen

Steven Cohen, an avid supporter of fossil turtles and the Marmarth Research Foundation

coheni

Mark Cohen of the Dallas Paleontological Society

colberti

Prof. Edwin H. Colbert

Colbertia

Prof. Edwin H. Colbert

Colbertosaurus

Prof. Edwin H. Colbert

collinsoni

Jim Collinson

conandoylei

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

coccai

brothers Sergio and Rafael Cocca, members of the Museo Prof. Olscher of Zapala

coombsi

Walter P. Coombs

cooperorum

Carl and Lynn Cooper

copelloi

Maria Copello

Corriebaatar

Dr. Corrie Williams

cosgriffi

Dr. John W. Cosgriff

cottonorum

Bill and Jenny Cotton

Counillonia

French geologist Jean-Baptiste-Henri Counillon, membr of the Pavie Missions

courti

Nicholas Court

coyi

Mr. Clive Coy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology

Cragievarus

Cragievar farm, south of Burgersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa

Crapartinella

Jeanne Crapart, illustrator at the Laboratory of Paleontology in Paris, France

croizati

Leon Croizat

cromptonellus

Dr. Alfred W. "Fuzz" Crompton, of Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

cromptoni

Dr. Alfred W. "Fuzz" Crompton, of Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

crookshanki

late H. Crookshank

crossi

Bobby Cross

Crusafontia

Miguel Crusafont Pario, Spanish paleontologist

cuiae

Ms. Cui Xu

cuii

Mr. Ci Guihai

cumminsi

Gary S. Cummins, Assistant Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park and former Superintendent of Petrified Forest National Park

cunninghami

Christopher R. Cunningham

cuvieri

Georges Cuvier, a world renowned paleontologist (1769-1832)

cyrili

Cyril Walker

czerkasi

Stephen Czerkas

Dadadon

Francois d’ Assie “Dada” Randrimanendrika

dalsassoi

Cristiano Dal Sasso

danilovi

Paleontologist I. A. Danilov from Saratov, Russia

dantasi

Portuguese paleontologist Pedro Dantas, who devoted his career to Portuguese vertebrate paleontology (particularly in the Lourinha, Torres Vedras, and Pombal regions), and was one of the drivers of the renaissance of Portuguese dinosaur paleontology toward the end of the 20th century

Daqingshanodon

Daqing Shan (“Big Green Mountain”), Baotou Municipality, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China

dardeni

Tom Darden, former owner of the Hotton Locality

darevskii

Prof. I. S. Darevski from Leningrad

darwini

Naturalist Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)

Darwinopterus

Naturalist Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)

dashzevegi

Mongolian paleontologist Demberelyin Dashzveg

dasiymorrisae

Daisy Morris

datangi

Mr. Zhi-Lu Tang from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing

dattai

Mr. P. M. Datta, Director, Geologicla Survey of India

davidi

Dr. David Pacey

Davidsonae, davidsoni

Amy Davidson

dawni

Alan Dawn

dawsonii

Mr. Charles Dawson

deferrariisi

Professor Oscar de Ferrariis, Director, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Deferraiischnium

Professor Oscar de Ferrariis, Director, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional del Comahue

degrootorum

John and Sandra De Groot of Hays, Alberta Province, Canada

deguchianus

Hikaru Deguchiianus

dehmi

German paleontologist Richard Dehm, a professor at the Munich institute that originally acquired the specimen in 1975

deiseae

Deise Dias Rego Henriques

denisae

Denise Sigogneau-Russell

delfsi

Edward Delfs

delgadoi

Sr. Alegandro Delgado

delsatei

Dr. D. Delsate

Denisodon

Denise Sigogneau-Russell

densmorei

Llewelly D. Densmore

depereti

Charles Deperet

descouensi

Dr. Didier Descouens (Toulouse), thanks to whom the specimen could be acquired by the Toulouse Natural History Museum

Deslongchampsina

J.A. Eudes-Deslongchmaps

dicrocei

Anthony DiCroce

Diegocanis

Diego Abelin, technician of the Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina

diegosuarezi

Diego Suarez

diepenbroeki

Gerben Diepenbroek

dietrichi

Wilhelm-Otto Dietrich (1881-1964)

dimitrievae

paleontologist Ye. L. Dimitreyeva

Dinizi, dinizorum

Izonel Queiroz Diniz Neto and the families Diniz and Martins Queiroz, oweners of the Tres Antas Farm

Dixeya

Dr. F. Dixey,

doellingi

Helmut Doelling

dongi

Prof. Dong Zhiming, a distinguished Chinese dinosaurologist for his important contributions

deseadensis

Desado Valley, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Dingavis

Late distinguished Chinese geologist Wenjiang Ding

dobruskii

Alexandre Dobruski, who with his son, Joao Dobruski

Donodon

Donald E. Russell

donrobertoi

Don Roberto Gonzales Vasquez

dornorum

PEFO Chief of Resource Management Karen Dorn

dorisae

Doris M. Kermack

 

 

Doswellia

The town of Doswell, Taylorsville Basin, Hanover County, Virginia

drescherae

Mrs. Ellen Drescher, Berlin,

Driveria

Mr. O. W. Driver

Drusilasaura

Drusila Ortiz de Zarate, a young volunteer who helped excavate the sauropod and who's family owns the site "Maria Aike"

dubei

Charlton Dube, head fossil preparator at the Bernard Price Institute for Paleaeontological Research

duncani

Ian Duncan

duelferi

Oalf Dülfer

duncani

Ian Duncan

Dubreuillosaurus

Dubreuil family

dui

Mr. Wenya Du

dunni

Brent Dunn

Duquettichnus

Mr. R. D. Duquette

Dutuitosaurus

J. M. Dutuit

dutoitorum

Jan and Susan du Toit, owners of the farm Bergendal

dutuiti

Jean-Michel Dutuit

dvoraki

Mr. Zdenek Dvorak of the North Bohemian Mines, Bilina, Czech Republic

dzerzhinskii

Russian zoologist F. Ya. Dzerzhinsky

eastwoodi

Clint Eastwood, the protagonist of the film "The Good, the bad and the Ugly," which was partially filmed near Salas de los infantes.

eatoni

Dr. Jeffrey G.  Eaton

edwini

Late Daniel Edwin (Eddie) Johnes, who, with his wife, Vivian, brought more new dinosaur taxa to science than any other two amateurs while providing 20 years of logistic support for fieldwork on the Uncompahgre “Plateau”

efremovi

Ivan E. Efremov

eisenhardtae

Gae Eisenhardt

ejidoensis

the people of the Ejido el Huizachale

elizabethae

Dr. Elizabeth Nichollis

Ellenbergeri, ellenbergerorum

Paul Ellenberger, and his family's extensive work on the history and prehistory of southern Africa

ellisoni

Mick Ellison, Principal Artist at the American Museum of Natural History

ellioti

D. Elliot

elliottorum

Elliott family for thier ongoing contributions to Australian palaeontology

ellisoni

Mick Ellison, for his contributions to ongoing AMNH dinosaur research

elsi

Mr. Icie Els

elysiae

Elysia Jennett

elzanowskii

Andrzej Elzanowski

emringeri

Giles Emringer

emilieae

Late Emilie deHellebranth, paleontology advocate who generously funded the expeditions in 199-2000

engeri

Øynid Enger, long-time PMO volunteer

 

 

englehorni

James Englehorn

ensomi

Paul Ensom

erbeni

Dr. Heinrich K. Erben,

erikae

Dr. Erika V. Hoyningen-Huene (1905-1969)

erlenbergiensis

Erlenberg, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany

escuilliei

Francois Escuillie

essweini

Stephan Esswein

Estescincosaurus

late Richard Estes

estesi

Richard Estes

Estesina

Richard Estes

etchesi

Mr. Steve Etches

Euchambersia

Robert Chambers (1802-1871), Scottish geologist and historian

eulerti

Otto C. Eulert

Eumantellia

Gideon Algernon Mantell, (1790-1852), British paleontologist

evansae

Professor Susan E. Evans (University College London, UK)

Evazoum

Miss Eva Sacchi, Ph.D. sudent, member of the ichnological crew

Evgenavis

Late Russian paleornithologist Evgeny Kurochkin

fariasorum

Ricardo Faris and his family

faundezi

Mr. Ramon Faundez, manager of the Museo Municipal de Las Lajas, Neuquen Province, Patagonia, Argentina

faustoi

Dr. Fausto L. de Souza Cuhna, former curator at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ

fedori

Laszlo Fedor

Feeserpeton

Mr. Mike Feese

feinbergorum

Michael and Ann Feinberg, who recognized the significance of this fossil and have generously encouraged our (Burnham) research and the preservation of the fossil for science

felixi

Albert-Felix de Lapparent

fernandezi

Mauricio Fernandez Garza

fernandezorum

Fernandez family, including Daniel Fernandez and the late Victoriano Fernandez and his daughters and sons (especially Abel)

Ferugliotherium

Egidido Fergulio (1897-1954), Italian geologist

figarii

Argentinean geologist Edwardo G. Figari

finneyae

S. M. Finney

fitosi

Attila Fitos

fittoni

William Henry Fitton (1780-1861)

flerovi

Russian Paleontologist and animal painter, K. K. Flerov

florenciae

Florencia Fernandez Favaron, who collaborated in our field work for years

fodori

Geza Fodor

Fosterovenator

John R. Foster

foulkesi

Late Paul Foulkes one of the Dampier Peninsula's pioneering dinosaur trackers

foxi

William Fox who collected most of the paratype

Foxraptor

Richard C. Fox, Canadian Paleontologist

Francemys

France de Lapparent de Broin (MNHN)

Fraserosphenodon

British paleontolgist Nicholas 'Nick' Fraser

fredlundi

Mr. Aron Fredlund

freemani

Mr. E. Freeman

Frenguellisaurus

Joaquin Frenguelli (1883-1958), an Italian -born paleontologist

fritschi

Antonin Frick, a Czech paleontologist

fridayi

Joe B. Friday

fuae

Ms. Fu Hua-Lin

Funkei, funkeorum

Bjørn Funke

fuschbecki

Mr. George R. Fischbeck

fuzzi

A. W. “Fuzz” Crompton

gaddisi/gaddisorum

Gaddis family

gaffneyi

Eugene Gaffney, Emeritus Curator, American Museum of Natural History

gagoli

Jerzy Gagol

galaczi

Professor and adviser Andras Galacz

galae

Galina Andreevna Sobachkina

Galianemys

Mr. Henry Galiano

Gallardosaurus

Juan and Juanito Gallardo, Cuban farmers

Galtonia

Peter M. Galton

gaoi

Gao Dian-Min

garbaui

American geologist Amadeus William Grabau

garridoi

Mr. Alberto Garrido

gascabadiolorum

Jose Manuel Gasca and Ainara Badiola

gaskillae

Pamela Gaskill

gasparinae

Dr. Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini, paleoherpetologist at the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, MLP

Gasparinisuchus

Dr. Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini, paleoherpetologist at the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, MLP

gautieri

Geologist F. Gautier

geeorum

Gee family of La Canada,

Geikia

Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), F.R.S., noted British geologist

genceyi

Mr. Pierre Gencey

genghisi

Genghis who was the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in China

gentryii

Joe Gentry

geoffreyi

Geoffrey E. Long, son of R. A. Long

Georgia

Georgy Otschev

Georgiasaurus

Georgy Otschev

Geosternbergia

George F. Sternberg

Gerhardodon

Professor Gerhard Hahn (Marburg)

getmanovi

Paleontolgoist S. N. Getmanov

Gettyia

Mike Getty

Gilchristosuchus

Gilchrist

gillettorum

David Gillette and Janet Whitmore-Gillett of the MNA

gilmorei

Charles W. Gilmore

Gilmoremys

Charles W. Gilmore

Gilmoreteius

Charles W. Gilmore

gingerichi

Dr. Philip D. Gingerich, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan

gittelmani

Steve Gittleman, fried of science, for his work as president of the Dinosaur Society

Glasbius

Mr. Albert Glasbey

gloriae

Gloria Siebrecht

goicoecheai

Mr. Alejandro Goicoecheai, owner of the Estancia Laguna Palacios

goldeni

Jerry Golden, volunteer preparator at the Natural History Museum of Utah

golubevi

paleontologist V. K. Golubev

gomesi

Jacinot Pedro Gomes (1844-1916), curator of the Museu Mineralogico e Geologico da Escola Politecniea (Lisbon, Portugal)

Gondtherium

Gond tribe, Andhra Predesh State, India

gonzalezdiazi

Dr. Emilio F. Gonzalez Diaz

gonzalezorum

brothers Fabian and Jorge Gonzalez

gonzalezparejasi

Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Parejas, who has collaborated and provided legal guidance on the research, protection, and preservation of dinosaur fossils from Mendoza Province for nearly two decades

Gordonia

Rev. Dr. George Gordon (1801-1893), Presbyterian minister from Birnie, Scotland

gouldi

Stephen J. Gould

grabaui

Dr. A. W. Grabau, a famous US. Geologist

Grabauornis

Late American geologist Grabau

gradzinskii

Ryszard Gradzinski

graffini

Dr. Gregory Graffin

greggi

Mr Donald Gregg of Seymour, Texas

gregorii

Professor Joseph T. Gregory

gregoryi

Hervert E. Gregory

Groebertherium

Paul Friedrich Carl Groeber (1885-1968)

Gresslyosaurus

Amanz Gressly (1814-1865)

Gretcheniao

Gretchen Augustyn

Griffithi, griffithorum

Griffith family

grigorescui

Prof. Dan Grigorescu, University of Bucharest

gittelmani

Steven H. Gittelman

grabaui

Amadeus William Grabau

gubini

Paleontologist Yu. M. Gubin

gui

Gu Zhiwei

gui

Professor Gu Zugang

Guildavis

E. W. Guild

guinazui

Argentine Paleontologist Roman Guiñazu

guoi

Mr. Guo Chen

Gurilynia

Gurileen Tsav, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia

gurneyi

James Gurney

guettleri

Dr. Thomas Güttleri

haasi

Prof. Georg Haas

Haaisophis

Prof. Georg Haas

hacheti

Dr. Michael Hachet, Curator of the Musee municipal de Toul

hagdorni

Dr. Hans Hagdorn

hahni

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hahn, from Marburg Univeristy, Germany

Hahnia

Prof. Dr. G. Hahn

Hahnodon

Drs. Gerhard and R. Hahn

Hahnotherium

Professor Gerhard Hahn

halbardieri

Mr. B. Halbardier, mayor of the commune of Habay

hallae

Ruth Hall

halli

Ansel Franklin Hall, Chief of the Division of Education and Forestry, National Park Service

halli

Lance Hall

halli

Philip Hall

halli/hallorum

The late Reverend James W. Hall, former director of the Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu, New Mexico, and his wife Ruth, honoring their support of paleontology in northern New Mexico spanning three decades

Halskraptor

Archaic Polish Halzka, honoring Halszka Osmolska (1930-2008)

hammeri

Dr. William R. Hammer (Augustana College, Rock Island, USA)

hani

Mr. Han

hani

Mr. Lizhuo Han

hanigani, haniganorum

Nick and Rob Hanigan

hanqingi

late Marshall Zhang Xueliang

hanseni

Robin L. Hanse, Bureau of Land Managment (BLM) geologist

haoae

Ms. Hao

Haopterus

Prof. Yichun Hao, a distinguishce Chinese paleontologist

harae

Ewa Hara, Institute of Paleontology, Warsaw, Poland

Hargeria

Oskar Harger, Marsh’s assistant

hardiei

Dickson Hardie of Arborfield, Saskatchewan

hernandezi

technician Daniel Hernandez, museo municipal "Carmen Funes", Neuquen, Argentina

harriesi

Mr. J. L. Harries

harrisae

Susan Harris

harrisi

Mr. R. W. Harris

Hatcherichnus

John Bell Hatcher

Hatcheritherium

John Bell Hatcher

hatzegiensis

Hateg, Romania

Hauffiopteryx

Hauff family from Holzmaden, Germany

Haughtoniana

Sidney Henry Haughton (1888-1982), British Paleontologist

Haughtoniscus

Sidney Henry Haughton (1888-1982), British Paleontologist

haydeni

John Hayden

hayi

O. P. Hay

haysomi

W. T. Hayson, a quarry owner of the Isle of Purbeck

hazelae

Hazel Wolfe

hechti

paleontologist Max K. Hecht

heckerti

Andrew B. Heckert

hei

He Wenjian

hei

He Xinlu

heilmanni

Gerhard Heilman

helleri

Dr. Florian Heller (1905-178)

helmi

Dr. Charles Helm of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

Henkelodon

Dr. Siegfried Henkel (1931-1984), paleontologist at Frier Universitat Berlin

Henkelotherium

Dr. Siegfried Henkel (1931-1984), paleontologist at Frier Universitat Berlin

henningi

Edwin hennig

hermani

John Herman

Herbstosaurus

Rafael Herbst

herreroi

Herrero

Herrerasaurus

Victorio Herrera

hervei

Dr. Francisco Herve, Chilean geologist

herzogi

Bavarian film-make Werner Herzog

Hewittia

Dr. J. Hewitt of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa

hirschbergeri

county commissioner of Kusel, Dr. Winfried Hirschberger

hirschi

Dr. Karl F. Hirsch

hlavaci

Hlavac in the town of Chocen

hoffmanorum

Karen and Jim Hoffman

hoffstetteri

Robert Hoffstetter

Hofmeyria

J. H. Hofmeyer, South African minister of the interior and of education in the 1930’s

holgeri

Holger Lüdtke

hoglundi

Forrest Hogulund for his career in earth sciences and his philanthropic efforts

Hollanda

Holland family (Janice, Charles, Carl, and J.-P.)

hookeri

Dr. J. Hooker

hooleyi

Kurtis W. Hooley

hooleyi

Reginald W. Hooley

hopsoni

Dr. James A Hopson

horneri

Jack Horner

hottoni

Nicholas Hotton III of the United Museum of Natural History

houi

Professor Lian-Hai Hou

houi

Mr. Jinfeng Hou

Houornis

Dr. Hou Lianhai

howei

Kris Howe

Howesia

Prof. G. B. Howes

hoybergeti

Magne Høyberget of Mandal, Norway

hrynewichorum

George P. Hrynewich

huangi

Dong Huang, the director of Heyuan Museum

huangi

Mr. Zhao-Chu Huang of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP)

huberi

Philip Huber

huchzermeyeri

Late archosaur biologist, Dr. Fritz Huchzermeyer

hudae

daughter "Huda" of KADDUMI

huenei

Fredrich von Huene, (1875-1969), German paleontologist

Hueneus

Fredrich von Huene, (1875-1969), German paleontologist

hugii

Franz Joseph Hugi (1791-1855), the Swiss geologist and naturalist

hui

late young palaeontologist Yaoming Hu

hulkei

Marvel Comics, Hulk

hulkei

John Whittaker Hulke, renowned British palaeoherpetologist of the 19th century

Hulkepholis

John Whittaker Hulke, renowned British palaeoherpetologist of the 19th century

Hungerfordi/hungerfordorum

Hungerford Family

hunteri

Richard Hunter, Goolarabooloo Maja and Tradional Custodian for the Northern Tradition of the Song Cycle

hunti

Adrian P. Hunt

hutchisoni

Dr. J. Howard Hutchison

Hutegotherium

Dr. Hu Yaoming (1966-2008)

huxleyi

Thomas Henry Huxley

hydei

Dayton Hyde, founder of the Institute of Range and the American Mustang

Iberodon

Iberischen Halb-Insel, Estremadura Province, Central Portugal

ignaciobritoi

late Brazilian palaeontologist Ignacio M. Brito

ikoi

Mr. Ikoi Shibata

Ingridia

Ingrid Wellnhofer, wife of Peter Wellnhofer

Inostrancevia

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Inostrantsev (1843-1920), Russian Paleontologist

iordansyki

N. N. Iordansky

Irajatherium

Professor Iraja Damiania Pintos

isasii

Mr. Marcelo Issai, for his outstanding work in the last 25 years as a technician in palaeontology and discoveries

itaquii

Mr Jose Jerundino Machado Itaqui, one of the main actors behind the creation of CAPPA/UFSM

iturraldei

Dr. Manuel Iturralde-Vincent, distinguished Cuban geotectonists and palaeontologists

ivachnenkovi

paleontologist M. F. Ivachnenko

jablonskiae

Pat Jablonsky

jackae

Miss Jessie Jack

jacksoni

Professory Stanley Jackson

jacobsi

Professor Louis L. Jacobs

jaekeli

O. Jaekel

Jainosaurus

Sohan Jain for his contributions to Mesozoic vertebrate paleontology

Jakubsonia

O. L. Jakubson, the member of the Livny town Natural History and Local Lore Museum

janenschi

Werner Janensch (1878-1969), leader of the German Tendaguru expedition

jani

Dr. S. L. Jain

jaworowskorum

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and Zbigniew Jaworowski

jederi

Professor Jeffrey A. Wilson, jederi is a nickname for him, vertebrate paleontologist from the University of Michigan

jeffei

Byron Jeffe in recognition of his family’s support for the Mongolian Academy of Sciences-American Museum of Natural History Paleontological expedition

jeffi

Dr. Jeffery A. Wilson, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan

jenkinsi

Late Farish A. Jenkins, Jr. (1940-2012)

jennyae

late Elfride Kellner, also known as Jenny

jenseni

James Jensen

jiai

Jia Zhen-Yan

jii

Prof. Ji Qiang

jimenezi

Dr. Emiliano Jimenez Fuentes

jimmadseni

late James H. Madsen, Jr

jimmysoyi

joy of Jim Clark (once his favorite Huizachal Canyon locality was lost forever)

jintasakuli

P. Jintasakul, Director of the Museum of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

johnsoni

Steve E. Johnson

jonesi

William R. (Bill) Jones, who for nearly two decades has graciously allowed the excavation of thise important fossils on his land

joseeae

Josee Michelle DeWaelheyns, mother of the discover

josai

Joan Josa

juddi

Jon Judde of Castle Dale, Utah

justinhofmanni

Justin Hofmann, a young boy from New Jersey, for his love of dinosaurs

kaalae

Mrs Sheena Kaal, collections manager for the Karroo vertebrates at the Iziko South African Museum, in recognition of the assistance she has provided to numerous researchers working on the collections of south African tetrapod’s in her care

kaayai

Dr. Charles Z. Kaaya

kabanovi

paleontologist K. Kabanov

kahleorum

Mr. Robert Kahle and his son, Mr. Adam Kahle, of Midland, Texas

kalandadzei

Russian paleontologist N. N. Kalandadze

kaltenbachi

James Kaltenbach

kangi

Mr. Kang Ximin, the director of the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, China

Kannemeyeria

Dr. Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer (1843-1925), the South African fossil collector

kapilimai

late Professor Saidi Kapilima, University of Dar es Salaam

karnoushenkoi

E. P. Karnoushenko

kateae

Kate Mickleson

keelberorum

Keebler Family of Billings, Montana

Keilhauia

Baltazar Mathias Keihau (1797-1858),

keni

Mr. Ken Hayashibara

Kennalestes

Professor Malcom C. McKenna (American Museum of Natural History)

Kennetheredium

Kenneth A. Kermack

keranjei

Mohammandi Keranje, who supervised the excavation

Kermackia

Kenneth A. Kermack

Kermackodon

Kenneth A. Kermack

Kersteni, kerstenae

Mrs. Olga Kersten

kevani

Kevan Seheehan

Keyseri

Andre W. Keyser

khaungraae

Khaung Ra

 

 

Khudiakovia

Saratov naturalist D. S. Khudyakov

kiddi

Nicolas Kidd

kielanae

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925-2015), world renowned Polish researcher

Kielanobaatar

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925-2015), world renowned Polish researcher

Kielanodon

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925-2015), world renowned Polish researcher

Kielantherium

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925-2015), world renowned Polish researcher

kierani

Kieran Davis

Kierani, kieranorum

O. Kieran, and B. Kieran

kimkraemerae

Kim Krämer, former technician at the Staaliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany

Kimurachelys

Marilyn Kimura

kingi

Professor King, of Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina

kiplingi

Rudyard Kipling, British novelist, author of 'The Jungle Book' amongst others and an important disseminator of natural sciences through literature, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

kirpachi

Wesley Kirpach

kirtlingtonensis

Kirtlington, Oxfordshire County, England

Kitchingnathus

late James W. Kitching, a prominent South African palaeontologist

kitchingorum

Kitching family

klauseni

James Klausen

knopfleri

Mark Knopfler, (singer/songwriter of Dire Straits)

knudsenii

Knudsen family

kochi

Herrn Forstrathe (forset official?) Koch in Regensburg

kohi

Ting-pong Koh

kokeni

Ernst Koken

kolossovi

P. N. Kolosov

kooli

Mr. Richard Kool

Koolasuchus

Lesley Kool

kotanskii

Professor Zbigniew Kotanski

kozlowskii

Prof. Roman Kozlowski

kraineri

Karl Krainer

krambergeri

Dr. Dragutin Gorja-novic-Kramberger, great Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and paleoanthropologist, university professor and director of the Geological and Palaeontological Depatment of the National Museum in Zagreb,

krausei

David W. Krause

krebsi

Late Prof. B. Krebs, Berlin

Krebsophis

Prof. Dr. Bernard Krebs, Free University, Berlin

Krebsotherium

Late Prof. B. Krebs, Berlin

kriegsteini

Roman Kriegstein

kristiansenae

Lena Kristiansen

Krusatodon

late Dr. George Krusat

krusati

Dr. Georg Krusat, Berlin

Krzyzanowskisaurus

Stan Krzyzanowski

Kuehneodon

Walther Kühn, Walter Georg Kuehne, German Paleontologist

Kuehneon

Walther Kühn, Walter Georg Kuehne, German Paleontologist

Kuehneosaurus

Walther Kühn, Walter Georg Kuehne, German Paleontologist

Kuehneosuchus

Walther Kühn, Walter Georg Kuehne, German Paleontologist

Kuehneotherium

Walther Kühn, Walter Georg Kuehne, German Paleontologist

kuczynskii

Mr. Maciej Kuczynski

kugleri

Werner Kugler, private collector of Crailsheim

kuhnschnyderi

Prof. Dr. Emil Kuhn-Schnyder (1905-1994)

kuletae

Maria Kuleta

kurochkini

late Prof. Evgeny Kurochkin

kurtorgai

Russian paleontologist S. S. Kutorga

kusterae

Mrs. Selva Kuster

Kuttycephalus

Mr. T. S. Kutty of the Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute

kyoungsookimi

Kyoung-Soo Kim

laaroussi

M. Laaroussi, a technician at Service de la Carte Geologique du Marco,

lafaurii

Gerard Lafaurie

lamegoi

geologist Alberto Ribeiro Lamego

Lamplughsaura

The late Pamela Lamplugh Robinson of University College, University of London, England

landeri

Mr. Alec B. Lander

Langeronyx

Brazilina paleontologist Max Cardos Langer,

langertoni

Sr. Langerton Neves da Cunha, "field-man" of Llewellyn Ivor Price

langhami

Peter Langham of Bridgport, Dorset, England

langstoni

Wann Langston

Langstonia

Wann Langston

laosiana

In reference to the Lao People

lapparenti

Albert F. de Lapparent, S.J.

Lapparentosaurus

Albert de Lapparent (1905---1975), French vertebrate paleontologist

larseni

Stig Larsen, PMO volunteer

larteti

Mr. Lartet

larkini

Nigel Larkin

lateefi

Mr. Syed Lateef, the keeper of the R & B Guesthouse, Rebbana, India

laurae

Dr. Eaton's daughter, Laura Eaton

lavinai

Dr. Ernesto Luiz Lavina, a Brazilian geologist

Lavocatchampsa

French researcher Rene Lavocat (1909-2007)

Lavocatia

French researcher Rene Lavocat (1909-2007)

Lavocatisaurus

French researcher Rene Lavocat (1909-2007)

lawanhungudui

Alhaji Lawan Bungundu, formerly Hon. Commissioner of Education, Sokoto State, Nigeria.

leali

Technician Mr. Juan C. Leal

leanzai

Dr. Hector Leanza, geo-paleontologist, colleague and friend, who informed us about the palaeontological riches of Cerro Leon, Picun Leufu, Neuquen Province, Argentina

Leavachia

Lieutenat John Leavach, a naturalist and collector

leedsi

Alfread Leeds, a quarry owner and amateur palaeontologist

leei

British artist Mr. A. J. Lee

leesi

Mr. A. Lee

lehmani

Dr. J. P. Lehman

Leidyosuchus

Joseph Leidy, American Paleontologist

Lenesornis

late Lev. A. NESOV

lengi

Mr. Gavin Leng

lentoni

Winton Shire mayor Graham Thomas 'Butch' Lenton

Leogorgon

Leonid P. Tatarinov

leonardii

Giuseppe Leonardi, who dedicated greater part of his life to the study of the reptile ichnofauna from northeastern Brazil

Leonardus

Giuseppe Leonardi, who dedicated greater part of his life to the study of the reptile ichnofauna from northeastern Brazil

Lessemsaurus

Donald Lessem, founder of the Dinosaur Society

lewisi

Mr. Arnold D. Lewis, stout companion of the trail, who patiently trained Jim Jensen in laboratory and field work

Leyesaurus

Leyes family, inhabitants of the small town Balde de Leyes, Caucete Department, San Juan Province, Northwestern Argentina

Leyesi, leyesorum

Leyes family from the small town of Balde de Leyes, Argentina

liae

Professor Jinling Li of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

ligabuei

Dr. Ginacarlo Ligabue, from Venezia, an active philanthropist, who supported the 1997 expedition to Patagonia

Ligabueino

Dr. Giancario Ligabue

lii

Dr. Li Da-Qing

lii

Li Jianjun

lii

Li Xiumei 

lii

Mr Li Yutong (IVPP)

liliensterni

Hugo Rhuele von Lilienstern (1882-1946), German Paleontologist

Liliensternus

Hugo Rhuele von Lilienstern (1882-1946), German Paleontologist

limai

Murilo Rodolfo de Lima, Brazilian palaeontologist

limoae

Mrs. Mo Li

lindoei

M. L. Allan Lindoe, Preparator in Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Alberta

Lingyuanosaurus

Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, China

lini

Mr. Lin Zhihong

liui

Jun Liu

liuyufengi

Mr. Liu Yu-Feng

livnensis

town of Livny, Oryol Region, European Central Russia

liweii

Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut

lockardi

Walter Lockard

lofgreni

Dr. Don Lofgren of the Raymond Alf Museum of the Webb Schools

Longosaurus

Robert A. Long

Longosuchus

Robert A. Long

lopezi

Spanish paleontologist Nieves Lopez

lopezmartinezae

Dr. Nieves Lopez-Martinez

lottorum

John Lott and Patricia Lott Kirkpatrick

louisae

Mrs. Louise Carnegie, wife of Andrew Carnegie

lovei

J. D. Love

lowei

Bill Rowe

lunai

Marcelo Luna, paleontologist and fossil preparator at the UNPSJB-PV

lucasi

Spencer G. Lucas

Lucasuchus

Spencer G. Lucas

luceria

Lucero of Memphis, Tennessee

liuae

Ms. Liu Jingyi

lui

Lu Jianhua

Luluichnus

late Paddy Roe OAM, who also went by the name Lulu. Roe was a Nyikina and Goolarabooloo Elder, and former Traditional Custodian and Maja (Law boss) for Jabirrjabirr, Ngumbarl, and Dgugun countres, the Northern and Southern tradition of the Song Cycle, and the dinosaurian tracks of the Broome Sandstone

lundi

Dr. Richard Lund

luoi

Zhe-Xi Luo

Lutkesaurus

Christian Frederich Luetken (1827-1902), Danish zoologist and paleontologist

Lydekkerina

British naturalist, geologist, Richard Lydekker

macalpini

Archie Justus MacAlpin, late geology professor at University of Notre Dame

macdonaldi

Jerry P. MacDonald, Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.

macdonaldi

Reid Macdonald

macedoi

Ubirajara Alves Macedo

marderi

Mr. J. W. Marder of Lyme Regis, England

 

 

macgillivrayi

Mr. Macgillivray during the voyage of the ‘Fly’

madseni

Scott Madsen

maggii

Jean-Pierre Maggi, mayor of Velaux, France

mahalanobisi

Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

maieri

Wolfgang Maier

maiseyi

Dr. John G. Maisey

makadii

Laszlo Makadi

Makowskia

Prof. Alexander Makowsky, professor at the former German Technical University in Brno (Czech Republic)

malcolmi

Dr. Malcolm C. McKenna

Maleevosaurus

Maleev

manazzonei

Prof. Rafael Manazzone, an amateur paleontologist who provided valuable data about Patagonian fossil localities, and assisted to several paleontological field trips

mandelai

Nelson Mandela, the first popularly elected leader of the Republic of South Africa

mansillaei

Mr. Juan Edwardo Mansilla, a technician at the Geology and Paleontology Museum of the National university of Comahue, Praque Natural Geo-Paleontologico Proyecto Dino, Barreales Lake

maoianus

Professor Mao Zhaoxi in Zhejiang University, who is the former director of Cultural Bureau of Zhejiang Province, China

Maraisaurus

Mr. Marais

Marchandi, marchandorum

Joseph Marchand, who sorted part of the material and discovered the holotype, and the Marchand family, owner of the Font-de-Benon quarry

Macgowania

Christopher McGowan

markjonesi

Mark Jones, a geologist

marsdeni

John Marsden

Marshosaurus

Othniel Charles Marsh

marshalli

Wayne Marshall of East Coulee, Alberta, Canada

Martharaptor

Martha Hayden

Martensius

Dr. Thomas Martens

martilli

Dr. David Martill

Martinavis

Larry D. Martin

martini

Mr. George Martin of Auburn Alabama

martinsoni

G. M. Martinson, the eminent specialist of Mesozoic freshwater and brackish-water mollusks

marywaltersae

Mrs. Mary Walters

massarae

Professor Judy Massare

Mastersonia

Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Masterson

masuiae

Mrs Masui Hamuro, wife of Toshikazu Hamuro

matleyi

Charles Alfred Matley, a pioneering British paleontologist working in India in the 1930’s

matsuoi

Hidekuni Matsuo, Professor Emeritus of Ehime University

matuastensis

Puesto El Matuasto, a herder's shed facilitated by the Cabaza family

Maubeugia

Dr. P. –L. Maubeuge

Mauriciosaurus

Mauricio Fernandez Garza

maxhechti

Max K. Hecht

mayi

William May

mayorum

Bill and Julie May of Norman, Oklahoma

masyutinae

Olga Masyutina

mccabei

Mr. James Ross McCabe

mcconelli

N. H. McConnell

mccreai

Roderick T. McCrea

mcgilli

Lewis McGill

mcintoshi

Jack McIntosh

mckennae

Malcolm McKenna

mechinorum

Patrick and Annie Mechin

mckennai

Professor Malcolm Carnegie Mckenna (1930-2008)

mckinziei

Mark McKinzie

mckinzieorum

Mr. Mark McKinzie and his family

mckinleyi

Bobby McKinley

mcmasterae

Lynne (McMaster) van der Reest

mechinorum

Patrick and Annie Mechin

meekerorum

Meeker family

meemannae

Dr Meemann Chang

Meemannodon

Dr. Meemann Chang

meieri

Dieter Meier

mengi

Meg Qingjin

mengeli

Robert Mengel

Merriamosaurus

John C. Merriam

mertensi

Michael Mertens of Schwaney, Westphalia, Germany

mesai/mesaorum

Daniel Mesa

Meurismetorum, meurismeti

Roland Meuris and Frans Smet

meyeri

German palaeontologist Hermann von Meyer

Meyerasaurus

German palaeontologist Hermann von Meyer

mezzalirai

Dr. Sergio Mezzalira, the researcher who collected and first mentioned the remains in the literature.

micmac

Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia

miessleri, miesslerorum

Miessler Family

Mierasaurus

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, Spanish cartographer and chief scientist for the 1776 Dominguez-Escalante Expedition: the first European Scientist to enter what is now Utah

mikikoi

Mikiko Yamaguch

Millsodon

late Professor J. R. E. Mills

Milnererpeton

Andrew R. Milner

Milneria

Andrew R. Milner

milnerae

Angela C. Milner

milneri

Angela C. Milner

minalmamar

Dutch amateur fossil collectors Jan and Annemarie van de Steeg; 'min al-mamar' meaing 'from the Alley' or 'corridor' in Arabic, both referring to the Dutch family name Van de Steeg

minchi

Paleontologist Maksim Georgievich Minikh

mindszentyae

Attila Osi's professor and advisor Andrea Mindszenty

Mineaui, mineauorum

Mr. Mineau and his family

mirandai

Francisco de Miranda, from whom the University of Coro

mittai

paleontologist V. V. Mitta

mlynarskii

Marian Mlynarski

modisei

late Gert Modise, a brilliant preparator of the Bernard Price Institute, University of the Witwatersrand

molnari

Ralph Molnar

monbaroni

Swiss geologist M. Monbaron

mohabeyi

Dr. D. M. Mohabey, Nagpur, GSI, India

mohoii

Joel Mohoi

moorei

Mr. Chris Moore

moreletii

French naturalist P. M. A. Morelet (1809-1892)

morenoi

Sr. Fidencio Moreno, of Huizachal, Tamaulipas, Mexico

morganorum

Morgan family of the Bamboeshoek Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

motherali

Austin Motheral

Morturneria

Mort D. Turner

muddi

Kevin Mudd of Bridger, Montana

mudgei

Professor B. F. Mudge

mueckei

Prof. Stephen Muecke

muensteri

Graf Munster

muizoni

Christian de Muizon

mukanelai

Mr. Pepson Mukanela

munki

Wolfgang Munk (Formerly of the Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Karsruhe)

munozi

Jorge Munoz

muravyevi

geologist Ivan Stepanovick Murav-ev

murphi

The Earthwatch volunteer who discovered the holotype specimen. J. Murphy

murryi

Phillip A. Murry

musacchioi

The late Dr. Eduardo Musacchio, a model scientist and educator at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

mussetti

Dr. Frances Mussett

nataliae

Nataliya Berezina

Navajodactylus

Native American peoples (Navajo)

navajoi

Native American peoples (Navajo)

navae

William Roberto Nava

navesorum

Naves family

naylori

Dr. Bruce G. Naylor

Nedcolbertia

Edwin H. Colbert, one of the foremost dinosaur paleontologists of the twentieth century. Dr. Colbert is known as Ned to his friends

nelsoni

Charles Nelson

Nesovtriton

Lev Nesov

nestleri

Mr. Knut Nestler, citizen scientist from Chemnitz

nevesi

Dr. Iedo Batista Neves (deceased in 2000)

newmani

Charlie Newman

newmani

Kent Newman

newmanorum

Newman family, owners of Cross Hands Quarry, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Nesovbaatar

late Dr. Lev A. Nesov, from St. Petersburg University

Newtonella

Edwin Tully Newton, (1840-1930)

nichollsae

late Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls

Nichollsemys

late Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls

Nikkasaurus

Paleontologist Nikolai N. Kaladandadze

niui

Professor Shao-Wu Niu, for his contribution to geological research in the Changma Basin

nobilis

Late Russian paleornithologist Evgeny Kurochkin

noblei

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Ardmore, Oklahoma

nopcsai

Hungarian palaeontologist Baron Ferenc Nopcsa

Norellius

Mark A. Norell

northropi

John “Jack” Northrop

Notleori, notleorum

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Notley, the owners of Sunnydown Farm Quarry

Notosollasia

Prof. William Johnson Sollas (1849-1936), British paleontologist

novasi

Dr. Frenando Novas, for his outstanding research on early dinosaur evolution

Nullotitan

Francisco E. Nullo

oberlii

Mr. Urs Oberli

obristi

Christian Obrist

ochagaviae

Sr. Valdor Ochagavia de Costa, prepardor do Setor de Paleovertebrates

ochevi

Paleozoologist and professor of Saratov State University, Vitalii Georgievich Ochev

okani

Okan Tuysuz, Turkish structural geologist

okeeffeae

Georgia O'Keeffe

okurai

Mr. Masatoshi Okura

olseni

Everett C. Olsen

olseni

P. E. Olsen

oomie

Professor James Kitching, called ‘oomie’ by many of his South African colleagues

orueetxebarriai

Xabier Orue-Etxebarria

osborni

Henry Fairfield Osborn

osmolskae

Halska Osmolska

orlovi

Paleontologist Academician Yu. A. Orlov

ostromi

John H. Ostrom

Ostromia

John H. Ostrom

ostrommaysorum

Dr. John Ostrom of Yale University for his ground breaking research on Deinonychus and its relationship to birds; and in honor of Chris Mays, president of Dinamation International Corporation, who is founding the Dinamation International Society set the stage for the research

Otschevia

paleontologist, V. G. Ochev

ottoi

Professor Otto

Owenetta

Richard Owen (1804-1892), British anatomist and Paleontologist

oweni

Richard Owen (1804-1892), British anatomist and Paleontologist

pabsti

Dr. Ben Pabst

pabsti

W. Pabst

Paceyodon

Dr. David Pacey

Padillasaurus

Dr. Carlos Bernardo Padilla Bernal (1957-2013), a paleontological enthusiast who lead the creation of the Centro de Investigaciones Paleontologicas of Villa de Leiva (Colombia)

palomoi

Salvador Palomo, technician of the Museo Municipal "Argentino Urquiza", Rincon de los Sauces, Neuquen

Pamelina

Dr. Pamela Lamplugh Robinson (1919-1994)

Pamelaria

Dr. Pamela Lamplugh Robinson (1919-1994)

pancheni

Alec L. Panchen

pandolfii

Mario Pandolfi, the preparator of the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali “E. Cliffi”, Bergamo, Italy.

pani

Mr. Pan Liuan

pantyffnnonensis

Pant-y-ffynnon, South Wales.

Panzhousaurus

Panzhou City, Guizhou Province, China

paradasorum

Carlos Parada and his family, who have been always generous, helpful and supportive of our work in the Rincon de los Sauces area

parfeti

Chip Parfet of the Parfet Clay Pits

parringtoni

British paleontologist Dr. Francis Rex Parrington

Parrishia

J. Michael Parrish

Parrisia

David C. Parris, vertebrate paleontologist, geologist and natural history curator, New Jersey State Museum

Parringtoniella

Francis Rex Parrington, South African Paleontologist

Pascualgnathus

Rosendo Pascual, Argentine Paleontologist

patrichae

paleontologist Patricia Vickers-Rich

pattersoni

Anglo-American paleontologist Bryan Patterson (1909-1979)

pauli

Gregory S. Paul

Paulchoffatia

Paul Choffat (1849-1919), Swiss geologist and Paleontologist

Pechenae, pecheni

Dr. Ana Maria Pechen, Main head of the National University of Comahue (2002-2006), who supported the study of the dinosaur fossils in Neuquen Province, Patagonia

Pederpes

Peder Aspen

pengi

Late Peng Anbao, chief curator of the Pingxian Museum

pengi

Professor Peng Xiling

pepelui

Professor Jose Luis Sanz

Pepesuchus

ate Professor Jose Martin Suarez (known by his colleagues as Pepe)

pereirabdalorum

Lucille Pereira and Fernando Abdala

pereiraensis

Antoine Pereira, quarryman, owner of the quarry

perlei

Altangerel Perle

perrini

In honor of Prof. James Perrin Smith, (1864-1931)

Pervushovisaurus

Paleosponginologist E. M. Pervushov

peyeri

Late Prof. Bernhard Peyer

Philovenator

Dr. Philip J. ("Phil") Currie

Piatnitzkysaurus

Alejanddro Piatnitzky, Russian -born Argentine geologist

Pintosaurus

Dr. Iraja Damiani Pinto

Pisanosaurus

Juan A. Pisano, Argentine paleontologist

Piveteausaurus

Jean Piveteau (1899-1991)

placidoi

Dr. Placido Nuvens, Director of the Museu Paleontologico de Santana do Cariri, Ceara, Brazil

placidus

Placido Cidade Nuvens, who idealized, constructed, and supported the Museu de Santana do Cariri

poeschil

Roland Pöschl

ponomarenkoi

palaeontomologist Alexander G. Ponomarenko

portlocki

J. E. Portlock

powelli

Jaime E. Powell

Pradhania

Dhuiya Pradhan, a gifted fossil collector of ISI

prestwichi

Professor Prestwich

Pravoslavelvia

Pavel Aleksantrovich Pravoslavelev (1873-1941), Russian Paleontologis

pricei

Llewellyn Ivor Price, a very important vertebrate paleontologist

Pricesaurus

Llewellyn Ivor Price, a very important vertebrate paleontologist

pruitti

C. D. Pruitt

ptasynskii

Tadeusz Ptaszynski, paleontologist and geologist

Puertasaurus

Pablo Puerta

Puntanipterus

Puntanos, is the colloquial name for the inhabitants of the province of San Luis, Argentina

purdoni

Reverend D. W. Purdon

quenstedti

Friedrich August Quenstedt

querejazus

St. Roy Querejazu of Cochabamba, Bolivia

qiui

Prof. Qiu Zhanxiang

Quirogatherim

Juan C. Quiroga, pioneer of paleoneurological research in Argentina

rachelis

Raquel Lopez-Antonansas from the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid

ragei

Jean-Claude Rage

rankini

Dr. D. R. Rankin

rankini

David O. Rankin of Big Water, Utah

ranzii

Professor Silvio Ranzi

Rautiania

Russian zoologist Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian

readi

Mr. B. Read, former Principal of the Bensonvale Training School, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

recki

Hans Reck

Rectori, rectororum

Roger K. Rector and his Wife Betty. Mr. Rector

redenbacheri

Etymology: In honor of Redenbacher.

reedi

William Harlow Reed

regenti

Late Regent 'Lucas' Huma, Prof. Kitching's long-term fied assistant and friend

reginae

Frau Regine

reigi

Dr. Osvaldo Reig for his contribution to South American paleontology

Reigitherium

Osvaldo A. Reig, student of evolution and promoter of research on Mesozoic vertebrates in Argentina

reini

Dr. Johannes Justus Rein, a German geographer

Reiszorhinus

Robert R. Reisz

renestoi

Silvio Renesto

reshetovi

Dr. Valeri Reshetov, former leader of the Mongolian -Russian expedition team

reuili

Santiago Reuil

rezyyii

Anton S. Rezvyi

Riabininus

Anatolii Nikolaevich Riabinin

ribeiroae

Dr Ana Maria Ribeiro

ribeiroi

Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro, director of the Centro de Pesquias Paleontologicas Lewellyn Price

richardfoxi

Professor R. C. Fox

richardi

Richard David Kaiser, member of the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas,

Ricardoestesia

Richard Estes

Richardoestesia

Richard Estes

ricqlesi

Armand de Ricqles

Rileymillerus

Riley C. Miller

rineharti

Larry Rinehart, chief preparator of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History

rionegrina

Rio Negro Province of Argentin

ritchiei

Alex Rictchie

rixoni

late Mr. Arthur Rixon

Roberthoffstetteria

Robert Hoffstetter, French Paleontologist

robinsonae

Dr. Pamela L. Robinson, Department of Zoology, University College (London University)

rochei

comic book artist Nick Roche

roemeri

Friedrich Adolph von Roemer

rogersi

Raymond R. Rogers

rogersorum

Richard and Jenny Rogers, owners of the farm Barendskraal, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

rolfei

W. D. I. Rolfe, National Museum of Scotland

romanovi

geologist V. V. Ramanov

romerali

Amando Romeral

Romeria

Alfred Sherwood Romer (1884-1973)

roseae

Rose Letwin from Seattle

rosarioae

Rosario Gomez-Nunez

rosenfeldi

Dr. Corrado Rosenfeld

rosinae

I. Rosin

rothgaengeri

Monika Rothgaenger

Rothia

Dr. Robert Roth of the Humble Oil and Refining Company

ronchii

Ausoni Ronchi (University of Pavia)

rougieri

Dr. Guillermo W. Rougier

Rougietherium

Dr. Guillermo W. Rougier

Rusconiodon

Carlos, Rusconi, Argentine Palaeontologist

rowei

Norman Douglas Rowe

Roxochampsa

Mathias da Oliveria Roxo

roxyneake

Brigitte Rozynek

roychowdhurii

D. Roy Chowdhuri, for his outstanding research on the Triassic vertebrate faunas of India

roychowdhurii

Prof. Tapan Roy Chowdhurry

royoi

Jose Royo y Gomez (1895-1961), a Spanish palaeontologist

Rubidgea

Dr. S. H. Rubidge

rubidgei

Dr. S. H. Rubidge

Rubidgina

Dr. S. H. Rubidge

Ruehleia

Hugo Ruhle von Lilienstern of Bedheim

ruessi

young artists, poet, naturalist and explorer Everett Ruess (1914-1934), who mysteriously disappeared in 1934 while exploring southern Utah

rusconii

Carlos Rusconi (1898-1969), a naturalist who worked extensively in Mendoza Province and was Director of the Museum of Natural Sciences

Rusconiodon

Carlos Rusconi (1898-1969), a naturalist who worked extensively in Mendoza Province and was Director of the Museum of Natural Sciences

russelli

Dale Russell

russellorum

Drs. D. Sigogneau-Russell, and D. Russell

Russellosaurus

Dale Russell

ruthae

Mrs. Ruth Romer, Dr. Alfred Romer’s wife

Ruthenosaurus

Gallic regional tribe, Ruthenie

sabathi

Karol Sabath (1963-2007)

Saevesoederberghia

Swedish paleontologist Gunnar Save-Soderbergh

sachicarum

Los Sachicas, Colombia, the name of the indigent inhabitants of the region where the specimen was found

sahlsteini

Arthur Sahlstein

salerii

Mr. Salero, owner of the land

salleei

Hilmar Sallee

salomoni

Hans Michael Salomon

sampsoni

Scott D. Sampson

samueli

Mr. Sigmund Samuel, a trustee and benefactor of the Royal Ontario Museum

Sahnitherium

Professor Ashok Sahni, a leader in the field of vertebrate paleontology in India

santosi

Jose Joaquim dos Santos

sanzi

Jose Luis Sanz, Madrid, for his studies of Spanish Dinosaurs

sanziuami

Jose Luis Sanz, vertebrate paleontologist, and professor at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

Sarahsaurus

Sarah (Mrs Ernest) Butler, whose broad interest in the arts, the sciences and medicine have enriched Texas

satoi

Mr. Masahiro Sato

saueri

late Kenneth P. Sauer, vertebrate paleontology graduate student at the University of Oklahoma

sauvagei

19th century palaeontologist Henri Emile Sauvage (1842-1917)

scarfi

After artist/cartoonist Gerald Scarfe

schaefferi

Dr. Bobb Schaeffer (1913-2004), former Curator of Fossil Fishes at the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History

schneideri

Thomas Schneider

schutzi

Herr Emil Schutz of Neunkirch

schweitzerae

Mary Higby Schweitzer

Scipionyx

Scipione Breislak

Schilleria

Dr. Robert Schiller, Chief Scientist for Grand Teton National park

schlegelii

Dutch zoologist H. Schlegel (1804-1884)

schmidti

David F. Schmidt

schneideri

Vince Schneider (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)

Schowalteria

D. B. (Tim) Schowalter

schrani

American entrepreneur Adam Schran for his support of this research.

Schroederorum/ schroederori

Schroeder family

schuberti

Mr. Siegfried Schubert

schultzei

Dr. Hans-Peter Schultze

schultzi

Dr. Hans-Peter Schultze

schultzi

Dr. Cesar Leandro Schultz, professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Gande do Sul (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

schumanni

William R. Schurmann

schweitzerae

Mary Higby Schweitzer

sciuttoi

Dr. J. C. Sciutto

scottae

Diane Scott, preparator at the Reiszlab, Mississauga, University of Toronto

sedgwickii

Adam Sedgwick

Seeleyosaurus

Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909), British paleontologist

senkowiczowae

Hanna Senkowiczowa

sennikovi

Paleontologist A. G. Sennikov

sergeii

Sergei Krasnolutskii

sertichi

Joseph Sertich

sethi

ancient Egyptian god Seth

sethnai

Prof. S. F. Sethna

shahinae

M. Shahin for her contributions to the foundation of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)

shackletoni

British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton

shakai

King Shaka Zulu (c. 1787-1828), leader of the Zulu nation

sharovi

Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov

Sharovipteryx

Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov

shawcrossi

Grian Shawcross

sheddi

Emmett Shedd

shepardi

Dr. Richard Shepard

shikamai

late Professor Tokio Shikama

shilleri

Thomas Shiller

shiluutulensis

Shiluut Ula Locality, Umunugovi Aimag, Mongolia

shinyae

Ms. Akiko Shinya, Chief Fossil Preparato at the Fidle Museum

Sikannisuchus

Sikanni Chief River, British Columbia Province, Canada

shintoni

John Shinton

Shokawa

Shokawa, Gifu Prefecture, Honsu Island, Japan

Shuvosaurus

Sankar Chatterjee’s son Shuvo

siefkeri

Mr. Siefker

sigogneaurussellae

Dr. Denise Sigogneau-Russell, specialist on early Mammals and with her husband, Dr. Donald Russell

sirigui

A young friend Ilario Sirigu, who discovered the outcrop. Tragically, Ilario passed away suddenly in the winter of 2003

sibbicki

John Sibbick

siberi

Hans-Jakob 'Kirby' Siber, b. 1942, doctor honoris causa of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

sigogneauae

Dr. D. Sigogneau-Russell

silantjevi

V. V. Silantjev, V.V. Silant’ev, a Russian Paleontologist

Sillosuchus

William Sill

simonattoi

Sergio Simonatto

simpsoni

late Professor George Gaylord Simpson

Simpsonodon

late Professor George Gaylord Simpson

sirindhornae

Son Altesse, Royal Princess of Thailand

skarzynskii

Mr. Wojciech Skarzynski

skinneri

Alex J. Walter Skinner

skrbinensis

village of Skrbina, north-northwest of Komen, Slovenia

skutchi

Dr. Alexander F. Skutch, an eminent ornithologist

Slaughteri

Dr. Robert (Bob) H. Slaughter

Slaughteria

Dr. Robert (Bob) H. Slaughter

Slavoia

Sulimski's late brother, Slawoi

Sloanbaatar

Dr. Robert E. Sloan

sloani

C. Sloan

sloani

Dr. Robert E. Sloan

slobodae

Wendy Sloboda

smalli

Brian Small

Smisseni, smissenorum

Smissen family, Carl and Joan van der Smissen

smithi

Roger M. H. Smith

sondalensis

Sondala River, Leningrad Oblast/Region, European Russia

songae

Rufeng Song

sonsalla

Donald and Margaret Sonsalla

Sophineta

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska

sopozkoi

G. A. Sopots'ko, a geologist, teacher, supervisor of the clug of young geologists of Orsk

Soumyasaurus

Sankar Chattejee to honor his elder son Soumya

spielbergi

Steven Spielberg

Spinarerpeton

Prof. Z. V. Spinar (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University in Prague)

spinari

Z. V. Spinar, Czech paleoherptoloigst

spixi

Bavarian Zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826)

stadtmani

Kenneth Stadtman, curator of the BYU Earth Science Museum

Staffia

German geologist and palaeontologist of Hans von Staff (1883-1915)

stageri

late David C. Stager, vertebrate paleontologist, New Jersey naturalist, historian, and the geology librarian at Princeton University’s Guyot Hall

stardusti

fictional character Ziggy Stardust, honoring the deceased artist David Bowie

Starkorum, starki

Stark family, the owner of the Quarry Stark, District of Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany

starkovi

Alexey Starkov for his generous assistance and contribution to the study of Early Cretaceous vertebrates of Transbaikalia

steenae

Margaret Clair Steen Brough

Sternbergi

George F. Sternberg

sternbergia

George F. Sternberg

steinbergeri

Sepp Steinberger

steini

Walter W. Stein

stephensi

Robert E. 'Short' Stephens of Augusta, Montan

sternbergi

R. M. Sternberg

stewarti

Sir Ronald Steward, Bt., the retired chairman of the London Brick Company Limited, in grateful recognition of the generous cooperation which his Company has long afforded the British Museum [Natural History]

Stahleckeria

Dr. Rudolph Stahlecker, German Paleontologist

stocki

Dr. Chester Stock

stokesi

William Lee Stokes

Stokesosaurus

Professor William Lee Stokes

Storchodon

German palaeomammalogist Gerhard Storch (1939-2017)

straeleni

Professor Victor Van Straelen

striegeli

Mr. Adam Striegel

Stangerochampsa

Stranger Family, owners of the ranch

strongorum

Richard and Donna Strong

suarezarum

Dr. Celina and Marina Suarez

suchockii

Larry Suchocki, senior laboratory technician, Midwestern University

sukhanovi

Dr. Vladimir B. Sukhanov

sullivani

Robert M. Sullivan

sumini

paleontologist D. Sumin

Suminia

Paleontologist D. L. Sumin

sunae

Professor Ai-Lin Sun, for her great contribution to Chinese vertebrate fossils

Sungeodon

Prof. Dr. Sun Ge, of Jilin University

suni

Mr. Zheyuan Sun

sungei

Sun Ge

suni

Professor Sun Gee of Jilin University, China

Susisuchus

Susanne Henssen

suteethorni

Varavudh Suteethorn, of the Department of Mineral Resources Bangkok

Suteri, suterorum

Richard and Jon Suter

suzukii

Mr. Tadashi Suzuki

swiboldae

Susanne Swibold

swinnertoni

Professor Henry Hurd Swinnerton,

szalayi

F. S. Szalay

tagorei

Rabindranath Tagore India’s most famous poets

Tamaulipasaurus

Tamaulipas, Mexico

tani

Prof. Tan Lin

tanneri

N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

taqueti

Philippe Taquet

tatarinovi

Leonid P. Tatarinov

Tatenectes

Marion and Inez Tate, founders of the Tate Museumi n Casper, Wyoming in 1980

taylori

Micheal A. Taylor

taylori

William Taylor

tchernovi

late Professor Eitan Tchernov

Tchingisaurus

Genghis Khan

temertyorum

James and Louise Temerty for thier outstanding service and contributions to the Royal Ontario Museum

Temujin

Mongolian name of the world conqueror Genghis Khan

Tengae, tengai

Ms Fanggang Teng

teresae

Prof. Teresa Maryanaska

teruzzii

Giorgio Teruzzi, curator of the palaeontological section of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

Teviornis

Victor Tereschenko, paleontologist at the PIN

thalerius

Louis Thaler, of the l’Universite des Sciences et Techinques de Montpellier, France

theotonicus

Theotonon Beles Xavier

thirakhupti

Dr. Kumthorn Thirakpt

Thomasia

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929), English Zoologist and scholar of mammals

Thompsonae/thompsoni

Mrs. W. Thompson

thompsoni

Richard Thompson

thorbjarnarsoni

Dr. John Thorbjarnarson

Tichvinskia

Prof. Yevgenia Ivanova Tikhvinskaya (1901-1976), Russian Geologist

Timimus

Timothy Rich and Timothy Flannery

toevsi

Art Toevs

tolani

Steve Tolan of the Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust (Mfuwe, Luangwa Valley, Zambia)

tolentinoi

Mr. Tolentino Flores Marafiga (Aqua Negra Locality, Sao Martinho da Serra City, Ro Grande do Sul State) Brazil

tomidai

Dr. Yukimitsu Tomida

tommasinii

Podesta of Trieste, Cavaliere Tommasini

topwilsoni

George "Top" Wilson

Tornieria

Gustav Tornier, (1859-1938), German paleontologist

trautscholdi

Geologist H. Trautschold

trinquei

Lance Trinque

trofimovi

Trofimov

Trouessarti

Edouard Louis Trouessart (1842-1927), German zoologist

Tugrigbaatar

Toogreg Beds, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

turnbullorum

the late Mrs. Priscilla Turnbull and her husband, Dr. William Turnbull

turneri

Van Turner

Turneria

Mort D. Turner

Tutusius

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

tverdochlebovae

Geologist G. I. Tverdokhlebova

tsybini

Yu. I. Tsybin

ulanovi

geologist E. I. Ulanov

uliana

late Miguel Angel Uliana

umarumohammedi

Colonel Umaru Alhji Mohammed, formerly Military Governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria

umayorum

Mayo family for their hospitality during fieldwork at the 'La Flecha' ranch, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina.

underwoodi

Garth Underwood

untermannorum

Billie Rupel Untermann and George Ernest Untermann Jr.

Unwindia

Dr. David Unwin

vacanti

Renaud Vacant

Valentinella

Xavier Valentin (University of Poitiers, France)

vladimiri

Paleoichthyologist Vladimir Mashin

valifanovi

Vladimir A. Alifanov, research scientist of PIN

Vallesaurus

Late Professor Valle

Vancleavea

Philip VanCleave, park service naturalist who collected the specimen in the Petrified Forest National Park

vanderveldei

Rene Vandervelde, who started Korite International

varneri

Daniel Varner

vatagini

Russian animal painter V. A. Vatagin

Vaughnictis

Peter Vaughn

venieri

Umberto Venier

Venyukovia

Pavel Nikolayevich Venyukov (1856-1916), a Russian Paleontologist and Geologist

verzilini

Prof. Nikita N. Verzilin

vignaudi

Dr. Patrick Vignaud (Universite de Poitiers, France)

vilsoni

Mr. Vilson Greinert

vincei

M. Vince

Vinceria

Martin Vince, Argentine fossil hunter and Bonaparte’s preparator

Vinialesaurus

town of Vinales, in western Cuba

violantei

Enzo Violante, owner of the farm

Vitalia

Vitaliy Georgiyevich Ochev, Russian

vivianae

Vivian Jones, co-discoverer of all the important Late Jurassic fossil localities on the Uncompahgre Unwarp, Colorado

Volkheimeria

Wolfgang Volkheimer

vremiri

Matyas Vremir, geologist from Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Wachtlerosaurus

Michael Wachtler

Wadiasaurus

Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia (1883-1969), Indian Geologist, National Professor to the Research program of Geological Studies, Indian Statistical Unit, India

wadleighi

Mr. Chris Wadleigh,

Wahlisaurus

William (Bill) Wahl

waldmani

Dr. Michael Waldman, co-discoverer of the Cladach a'Ghlinne locality (together with the late Prof. R. J. G. Savage)

walkeri

Cyril A. Walker

walkeri

Mr. William J. Walker

walkeri

Myrl V. Walker, of Fort Hays, Kansas

Walkersaurus

Alick D. Walker

Walteria

Alex J. Walter Skinner

wangi

Mr. Wang Qiuwu

wangi

Mr Tao Wang

wangi

Mr. Wang Jun

wangi

Yuan Wang

Wangosaurus

Prof. Xin-Ping Wang

Wannchampsus

Wann Langston Jr

Wannia

Dr. Wann Langston, Jr., Proferssor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin

wannlangstoni

Wann Langston Jr

Wareolestes

Dr. Martin Ware

warreni

David Warren

watsoni

Prof. David Meredith Seares Watson (1886-1973), British paleontologist

Watsoniella

Prof. David Meredith Seares Watson (1886-1973), British paleontologist

wattsi

Keith Watts, who discovered the type specimen and donated it to the Queensland Museum in 1974

Webbsaurus

Webb Schools, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California

Webererpeton

V. N. Weber, a prominent Russian geologist

wegneri

Thomas Wegner, palaeontologist

weii

Mr. C. M. Wei of the Paleontological Division, Institute of Science, Bureau of Petroleum of Sinkiang, China

Weigeltisaurus

Weigelt

weintraubi

Robert L. Weintraub

Wellnhoferia

Dr. Peter Wellnhofer, Chief Curator Emeritus, Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontolgoie und historische Geologie, Munch

wellesi

Samuel P. Welles

wensaai

Tommy Wensas, PMO volunteer

westmani

Mr. Hauptmann H. Westman

westphali

F. Westphal

wetherilli

late John Withal of Kayenta, Arizona

whetstonei

K. H. Whetstone

Whaitsia

Rev. John H. Whaits (1870-1947)

whitei

Richard S. White

whitmorei

Dr. Frank Whitmore

wiblei

Dr. John R. Wible

wiedenrothi

Mr. Karl Wiedenroth

wiedenrothi

Kurt Wiedenroth, the amateur fossil hunter

wildi

Rupert Wild (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart), Germany

willetti

Edgar W. Willett

williamparkeri

Bill Parker

williamsi

Mr Scott Williams

williamsi

Jesse Williams

willisi

Dr. Paul Willis

willodenensis

Willodene farm, Western Cape Province, South Africa

wilsoni

Jack Wilson

wimani

Carl Wiman, Swedish paleontologist

Wimanius

Prof. Dr. Carl Wiman (1867-1944) of the University of Uppsala (Sweden)

windhauseni

Anselmo Windhausen for his contribution to the geological knowledge of the Neuquen basin

windscheffeli

Wally Windscheffle

wingatensis

Fort Wingate, McKinley County, New Mexico

winhtini

Mr. Win Htin

winkelhorsti

Herman Winkelhorst

winkleri

Dr. Dale Winkler

witmeri

Lawrence M. Witmer

witteni

Dr. Karen Witten

woehri

Daniel Woehr, amateur collector of fossils

wolvaardti

Frederik Petrus Wolvaardt

woodburnei

Michael O. Woodburne

woodi

S. L. Wood

woodi

Stan Wood

woutersi

Monsieur Georges Wouters

Woutersia

Monsieur Georges Wouters

wui

Professor Wu Qicheng

wui

Dr. X.-C. Wu

Wukongopterus

Sun Wukong (the Monkey King), one of the most famous and beloved fictional characters of the classical Chinese literature

Wumengosaurus

"Wumeng Mountain", Panxian County, Guizhou Province, China

Wyleyia

J. F. Wyley

wyliei

Mr. Wylie J. Tuttle, grandsont of Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. foster, in recognition of Mr. and Mrs. Foster's generous support of the scientific research and collections activities at Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Xiao

Xiao Jian

Xiaotingia

Zheng Xiaoting

xiaotaizicus

Xiaotazi, Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, China

xiei

Mr. Xie Jinggou

xiei

Mr. Shuhun Xie

Xinghaiornis

Xinghai Square in Dalian, China

xui

Xu Xin

yadagirii

Dr. P. Yadagiri, Senior Geologist of the Geological Survey of India

 

 

yaemniyomi

Sudham Yaemniyom, former geologist of the Department of Mineral Resources, Gangkok

Yangavis

Chinese palaeontologist Zhongjian Yang (also known as Chung Chein Young)

yangi

Mr. Yang Qiang

yangi

Professor Yang Yandong, Chairman of the Bohai University, Liaoning Province, China

yangi

Mr. Yang Shurui

yangi

Seong-Young Yang, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea

yangi

Yang Zhongjian

yaomingi

Dr. Hu Yaoming (1966-2008)

Yasykovia

Geologist and palaeontologist P. M. Yasyko

yasykovi

Geologist and palaeontologist P. M. Yasyko

Yehguia

Yeh Xiangkui, the China's preeminent paleochelonologist

Yermakia

Siberia Ermak Timofeevich (?-1585)

Yikezhaogia

Yike Zhao, Chinese name for Mongolian Ih Ju Meng, administrative unit occupying the Ordos (desert south of the Yellow River Band), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

youngi

Yang Zhong-Jian (C.C. Young, Chung-Chien Young)

youngteilhardorum

C. C. Young and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

 

 

Yuanjiawaornis

Yuanjawa, Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province, China

Yumenornis

Yumen" is derived from the name of the city near the fossil locality, Kansu (Gansu) Province,

Yuanotherium

Yuan Fuli who was a pioneer Chinese geologist and paleontologist

Yunnania

Yunnan Province, China

Yunnanodon

Yunnan Province, China

zambellii

Dr. Rocco Zambelli (Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali in Bergamo Italy)

Zanabazar

Zanabazar (1635-1723), the first Bogd Gegen of Mongolia

Zangerlia

Dr. Rainer Zangerl

zanoni

late R. T. Zanon

zanellai

Angelo Zanella

Zapatadon

Emiliano Zapata, defender of the campesinos

Zby

Russian-French paleontologist Georges Zbyszewski (1909-1999)

zdanskyi

Otto Karl Josef Zdansky Austrian Paleontologist

Zerbstori, zerbstorum

late Leonard Zerbst, Arlene Zberst and their family

Zhangheotherium

Zhang He

zhangi

Shuancheng Zhang

zhangi

Prof. Zhang Wentang

zhaoi

Zhao Dayu

zhaoi

Professor Zhao Xijin for his contribution to the dinosaur research in Guangxi

zhaoianus

Zhao Limin

zhaoianus

Zhao Zijin

zhengi

Professor Zheng Zuoxin

zhengi

Mr. Xiaoting Zheng

zhengi

Chinese ornithologist Zheng Guangmei

Zhangolestes

Mr. Zhang Pulin

zheni

Dr. Zhen Shuonan

Zhenyuanlong

Mr. Zhenyuan Sun

Zhenyuanopterus

Mr. Sun Zhenyuan

zhenyuensis

Zhenyu Li

Zhongjianosaurus

Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young)

zhoui

Late paleontologist Zhou Mingzhen (Chow Minchen).

Zhouornis

Dr. Zhou Zhonghe

Zhuchengtyrannus

Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, China

zhuiana

Ms Zhu Haifen

zhuravlevi

K. I. Zhuravlev

Zinnosaurus

H. Zinn, technical assistant who accompanied Boonstra on collecting trips

zitteli

Alfred von Zittel

ziverzi

Jadwiga Zvierz

Zofiabaatar

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Polish paleontologist

Zofialestes

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Polish paleontologist

zoui

Zou Jiahua, vice-premier of China

Zulmasuchus

Zulma Gasparini

Zuolong

Zuolong refers to Genral Zuo Zongtang (also known as General Tsao)