Classification of fossil Mammalia as used in D.V.P. [i.e. the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology] : largely according to Dr. Simpson / copied by J.M.L. [193-?]
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American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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Collecting area: Records relating to the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology's activities in the field and laboratory. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155512262 ...
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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George Gaylord Simpson was a vertebrate paleontologist perhaps best known for his contributions to the founding and further articulation of the modern evolutionary synthesis. He studied at Yale University (Ph.D. 1926), having initially worked at the American Museum of Natural History in 1924. He returned to work the AMNH as a curator (1927-1942) and later as chairman of the Department of Paleontology and Geology (1942-1959). Simpson accepted an Alexander Agassiz Professorship from Harvard's Muse...