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567:Notes and Comments on Vertebrate Paleontology.
431:is a genus from the early Pennsylvanian (Late
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298:. In 1946, he became director of the Harvard
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281:Honours degree in biology, then at
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1164:People from White Plains, New York
884:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
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300:Museum of Comparative Zoology
199:Museum of Comparative Zoology
142:Paleontological Society Medal
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681:"Alfred Sherwood Romer"
553:Man and the Vertebrates
522:Vertebrate Paleontology
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379:, and is still in use.
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373:Romer's classification
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549:The Vertebrate Story.
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361:Through his textbook
330:Evolutionary research
241:Alfred Sherwood Romer
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706:"APS Member History"
574:The Vertebrate Body.
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419:is a genus of early
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21:Alfred Isidore Romer
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388:Taxonomic patronyms
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283:Columbia University
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