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    John Campbell Merriam (October 20, 1869 – October 30, 1945) was an American paleontologist, educator, and conservationist. The first vertebrate paleontologist...
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  • John Merriam may refer to: John Campbell Merriam (1869–1945), American paleontologist John L. Merriam (1825–1895), Minnesota banker and politician This...
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    Ichthyosaurus communis, and all of its descendants." The name honours John Campbell Merriam. Based on this definition, Merriamosauria includes most ichthyosaurs...
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    marine reptiles. Shastasauridae was named by American paleontologist John Campbell Merriam in 1895 along with the newly described genus Shastasaurus. In 1999...
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  • California Gordon Phelps Merriam (1899–1999), American soldier and diplomat Henry Clay Merriam, American general John Campbell Merriam (1869–1945), American...
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    group of marine reptiles. It was named in 1904 by paleontologist John Campbell Merriam to include the genus Thalattosaurus from California. Thalattosauroids...
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    by the University of California, and described in more detail by John Campbell Merriam in 1908, thus visualizing the overall anatomy of the animal. While...
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    found to reveal their relationship. In 1908 the paleontologist John Campbell Merriam began retrieving numerous fossilized bone fragments of a large wolf...
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    important source of new fossils. In 1905, the Saurian Expedition led by John Campbell Merriam and financed by Annie Montague Alexander, found twenty-five specimens...
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    Toretocnemus (category Taxa named by John Campbell Merriam)
    University of California around 1903. Toretocnemus was named in 1903 by John Campbell Merriam. The generic name is derived from Greek toretos, "perforated" and...
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