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578:Notes and Comments on Vertebrate Paleontology.
442:is a genus from the early Pennsylvanian (Late
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292:Honours degree in biology, then at
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210:Museum of Comparative Zoology
153:Paleontological Society Medal
1082:"Trees, Bubbles, and Hooves"
826:Baird D, Carroll R (1967). "
767:"Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal"
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571:Osteology of the Reptiles.
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564:Man and the Vertebrates
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375:Vertebrate Paleontology
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384:Romer's classification
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560:The Vertebrate Story.
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341:Evolutionary research
252:Alfred Sherwood Romer
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18:Alfred Sherwood Romer
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721:search.amphilsoc.org
717:"APS Member History"
585:The Vertebrate Body.
553:The Vertebrate Body.
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60:Alfred Romer in 1965
32:Alfred Isidore Romer
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797:www.achievement.org
405:taxonomic patronyms
399:Taxonomic patronyms
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294:Columbia University
290:Bachelor of Science
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