List of paleontologists

Last updated May 06, 2024

This is a list of notable paleontologists who have made significant contributions to the field of paleontology. Only paleontologists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.

A

Othenio Abel (Austria, 1875-1946)
William Abler (United States)
Karel Absolon (Czech Republic, 1877-1960)
Louis Agassiz (Switzerland / United States, 1807-1873)
Emiliano Aguirre (Spain, 1925-2021)
Per E. Ahlberg (Sweden)
Gustava Aigner (Austria, 1906-1987)
Luis Alcalá (Spain)
Truman H. Aldrich (United States, 1848-1932)
Richard Aldridge (England, 1945-2014)
Annie Montague Alexander (Kingdom of Hawaii / United States, 1867-1950)
John Alroy (United States / Australia, 1966- )
Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitskii (Russia, 1860-1917)
Carlos Ameghino (Argentina, 1865-1936)
Florentino Ameghino (Argentina, 1854-1911)
Charles Anderson (Scotland / Australia, 1876-1944)
Elaine Anderson (United States, 1936-2002)
Johan Gunnar Andersson (Sweden, 1874-1960)
Gábor Andreánszky (Hungary, 1895-1967)
Charles William Andrews (England, 1866-1924)
Henry Nathaniel Andrews (United States, 1910-2002)
Mahala Andrews (Scotland, 1939-1997)
Roy Chapman Andrews (United States, 1884-1960)
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (Russia, 1861-1924)
Alberto Angela (Italy, 1962- )
Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (Chile, 1932-2013)
Mary Anning (England, 1799-1847)
Miguel Telles Antunes (Portugal, 1937- )
Esther Applin (United States, 1895-1972)
Camille Arambourg (France, 1885-1969)
Edward Alexander Newell Arber (England, 1870-1918)
Sergio Archangelsky (Argentina, 1931-2022)
Adolphe d'Archiac (France, 1802-1868)
William Joscelyn Arkell (England, 1904-1958)
Chester A. Arnold (United States, 1901-1977)
Juan Luis Arsuaga (Spain, 1954- )
Berhane Asfaw (Ethiopia)
Hermann Martin Asmuss (Estonia, 1812-1859)
Sava Athanasiu (Romania, 1861-1946)
Walter Auffenberg (United States, 1928-2004)
Stanley Awramik (United States, 1946- )
Brian Axsmith (United States, 1962-2020)

B

Catherine E. Badgley (United States, 1950-)
William Hellier Baily (England, 1819-1888)
Andrew Geddes Bain (South Africa, 1797-1864)
Robert T. Bakker (United States, 1945- )
Jean-Christophe Balouet (France, 1956-2021)
Harlan Parker Banks (United States, 1913-1998)
Mário Costa Barberena (Brazil, 1934-2013)
Erwin Hinckly Barbour (United States, 1856-1947)
Joachim Barrande (France, 1799-1883)
Charles Barrois (France, 1851-1939)
Rinchen Barsbold (Mongolia, 1935- )
Ray S. Bassler (United States, 1878-1961)
Dorothea Bate (England, 1878-1951)
Francis Arthur Bather (England, 1863-1934)
Georg Baur (United States, 1859-1898)
George Bax Holmes (England, 1803-1887)
Allan Bé (United States, died 1983)
William Bean (England, 1787-1866)
K. Christopher Beard (United States)
William Beard (England, 1772-1868)
Samuel Beckles (England, 1814-1890)
Charles Emerson Beecher (United States, 1856-1904)
Hermann Behmel (Germany, 1939- )
Kay Behrensmeyer (United States)
Walter A. Bell (Canada, 1889-1969)
Romeu Beltrão (Brazil, 1913-1977)
Etheldred Benett (England, 1776-1845)
Michael Benton (Scotland, 1956- )
Georg Karl Berendt (Germany, 1790-1850)
Wolfgang H. Berger (Germany / United States, 1937-2017)
Edward W. Berry (United States, 1875-1945)
Annalisa Berta (United States)
Charles Eugène Bertrand (France, 1851-1917)
Paul Bertrand (France, 1879-1944)
Heinrich Ernst Beyrich (Germany, 1815-1896)
Gertruda Biernat (Poland, 1923-2016)
Peter von Bitter (Canada)
Alexander Bittner (Austria, 1850-1902)
Hans C. Bjerring (Sweden, 1931- )
Philip R. Bjork (United States)
Richard S. Boardman (United States, 1923-2011)
Birger Bohlin (Sweden, 1898-1990)
Johannes Böhm (Germany, 1857-1938)
José Bonaparte (Argentina, 1928-2020)
Matthew Bonnan (United States)
Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (South Africa, 1905-1975)
Pramatha Nath Bose (India, 1855-1934)
Marcellin Boule (France, 1861-1942)
Michael Boulter (England, 1942- )
James Scott Bowerbank (England, 1797-1877)
Henry Bowman Brady (England, 1835-1891)
Charles Kimberlin Brain (South Africa)
Wilhelm von Branca (Germany, 1844-1928)
Leonard R. Brand (United States, 1941- )
Martin Brasier (England, 1947-2014)
Auguste Bravard (France, 1803-1861)
William J. Breed (United States, 1928-2013)
Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski (Bulgaria, 1934-2004)
Derek Briggs (Ireland / United States, 1950- )
Mitja Brodar (Slovenia, 1921-2012)
Srečko Brodar (Slovenia, 1893-1987)
Pierce Brodkorb (United States, 1908-1992)
Magnus Bromelius (Sweden, 1679-1731)
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (France, 1801-1876)
Heinrich Georg Bronn (Germany, 1800-1862)
Robert Broom (Scotland / South Africa, 1866-1951)
Barnum Brown (United States, 1873-1963)
Roland W. Brown (United States, 1893-1961)
Michel Brunet (France, 1940- )
Stephen L. Brusatte (United States, 1984- )
Christian Leopold von Buch (Germany, 1774-1853)
Walter Hermann Bucher (Germany / United States, 1888-1965)
Mary Buckland (England, 1797-1857)
William Buckland (England, 1784-1856)
Sydney Savory Buckman (England, 1860-1929)
Graham Budd (England, 1968- )
Oliver Bulman (England, 1902-1974)
Emanuel Bunzel (Austria, 1828-1895)
George Busk (England, 1807-1886)
Charles Butts (United States, 1863-1946)
Alexey Bystrow (Russia / Soviet Union, 1899-1959)

C

Susan Cachel (United States)
André Cailleux (France, 1907-1986)
Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas (Brazil, 1898-1946)
Mary Gordon Calder (Scotland, 1906-1992)
Jorge O. Calvo (Argentina, 1961- 2023)
Adriaan Gilles Camper (Netherlands, 1759-1820)
Gustave Campiche (Switzerland, 1809-1871)
Ferdinand Canu (France, 1863-1932)
Giovanni Capellini (Italy, 1833-1922)
Eudald Carbonell (Spain, 1953- )
Daniel Cargnin (paleontologist) (Brazil, 1930-2002)
Kenneth Carpenter (Japan, 1949- )
Thomas Carr (paleontologist) (Canada)
Robert L. Carroll (United States, 1938-2020)
Rodolfo Casamiquela (Argentina, 1932-2008)
Ermine Cowles Case (United States, 1871-1953)
Marjorie Chandler (England, 1897-1983)
Meemann Chang (China, 1936- )
Frederick Chapman (England / Australia, 1864-1943)
Wilfrid Chapman (England, 1891-1955)
Alan Charig (England, 1927-1997)
Edward Charlesworth (England, 1813-1893)
Sankar Chatterjee (United States)
James Chatters (United States, 1949- )
Alan Cheetham (United States, 1928- )
Feodosy Chernyshov (Russia, 1856-1914)
Luis M. Chiappe (Argentina)
Karen Chin (United States)
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (South Africa)
Henry Christy (England, 1810-1865)
Jenny Clack (England, 1947-2020)
T. H. Clark (Canada, 1893-1996)
John Mason Clarke (United States, 1857-1928)
Preston Cloud (United States, 1912-1991)
Grigore Cobălcescu (Romania, 1831-1892)
Alberto Cobos (Spain)
Edwin Harris Colbert (United States, 1905-2001)
Desmond H. Collins (Canada)
Margaret Collinson(England, )
Fabio Colonna (Italy, 1567-1640)
William Conybeare (England, 1787-1857)
Isabel Clifton Cookson (Australia, 1893-1973)
Edward Drinker Cope (United States, 1840-1897)
Rodolfo Coria (Argentina, 1959- )
Shirley Coryndon (1926-1976)
Maurice Cossmann (France, 1850-1924)
Joseph Pitty Couthouy (United States, 1808-1864)
Carlos de Paula Couto (Brazil, 1910-1982)
Leslie Reginald Cox (England, 1897-1965)
Henry Crampton (United States, 1875-1956)
Peter Crane (England, )
Carl Hermann Credner (Germany, 1841-1913)
Irene Crespin (Australia, 1896-1980)
Walter Drawbridge Crick (England, 1857-1903)
Margaret Crosfield (England, 1859-1952)
Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha (Brazil, 1930-2011)
Ethel Currie (Scotland, 1899-1901)
Philip J. Currie (Canada, 1949- )
Kristina Curry Rogers (United States)
Georges Cuvier (France, 1769-1832)
Jan Czerski (Poland, 1845-1892)

D

Ted Daeschler (United States)
Anne Dambricourt-Malassé (France, 1959- )
Wilhelm Dames (Germany, 1843-1898)
Robert Damon (England, 1814-1889)
Thomas Davidson (Scotland, 1817-1885)
A. Morley Davies (England)
William Davies (England, 1814-1891)
John William Dawson (Canada, 1820–1899)
Mary R. Dawson (United States)
Henry De la Beche (England, 1796-1855)
Tao Deng (China, 1963- )
Charles Depéret (France, 1854-1929)
Peter Dodson (United States)
Louis Dollo (France / Belgium, 1857-1931)
Dong Zhiming (China, 1937- )
Philip Donoghue (England)
Stephen Donovan (England, 1954- )
Erling Dorf (United States, 1905-1984)
François Doumergue (France, 1858-1938)
Joseph Henri Ferdinand Douvillé (France, 1846-1937)
Eugène Dubois (Netherlands, 1858-1940)
Émilien Dumas (France, 1804-1873)
William Sutherland Dun (Australia, 1868-1934)
Carl Owen Dunbar (United States, 1891-1979)
Peter Martin Duncan (England, 1824-1891)
Wilhelm Dunker (Germany, 1809-1885)
David Dunkle (United States, 1911-1984)
Gareth J. Dyke (Ireland)

E

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Tilly Edinger (Germany / United States, 1897-1967)
Dianne Edwards (England, 1942- )
Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet (England, 1806-1881)
Niles Eldredge (United States, 1943- )
Andrzej Elżanowski (Poland, 1950- )
Ashton F. Embry (Canada, 1946- )
Cesare Emiliani (Italy / United States, 1922-1995)
Douglas Emlong (United States, 1942-1980)
Hermann Friedrich Emmrich (Germany, 1815-1879)
Stephan Endlicher (Austria, 1804-1849)
Michael S. Engel (United States, 1971- )
Bruce Erickson (United States, 1933-2022)
Gregory M. Erickson (United States)
Gundolf Ernst (Germany, 1930-2002)
Douglas Erwin (United States)
Kirill Eskov (Russia, 1956- )
Robert Etheridge (England, 1819-1903)
Robert Etheridge, Junior (England / Australia, 1847-1920)
Constantin von Ettingshausen (Austria, 1826-1897)
Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps (France, 1830-1889)
Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps (France, 1794-1867)
Susan E. Evans (England)

F

Hugh Falconer (Scotland, 1808-1865)
Paul Fallot (France, 1889-1960)
Mikhail Fedonkin (Russia, 1946- )
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (Hungary, 1877-1933)
Carroll Lane Fenton (United States, 1900-1969)
Mildred Adams Fenton (United States, 1899-1995)
Egidio Feruglio (Italy, 1897-1954)
Harold John Finlay (New Zealand, 1901-1951)
Clive Finlayson (Gibraltar, 1955- )
Geraldine Finlayson (Gibraltar)
Anthony Fiorillo (United States)
Paul Henri Fischer (France, 1835-1893)
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (Germany, 1771-1853)
Tim Flannery (Australia, 1956- )
Rousseau H. Flower (United States, 1913-1988)
August Foerste (United States, 1862-1936)
Michael Foote (United States, 1963- )
Edward Forbes (Isle of Man, 1815-1854)
Carlo Fornasini (Italy, 1854-1931)
Mikael Fortelius (Finland, 1954- )
Catherine Forster (United States)
Clive Forster-Cooper (England, 1880-1947)
Richard Fortey (England, 1946- )
John Foster (United States, 1966- )
William Parker Foulke (United States, 1816-1865)
William Fox (England, 1813-1881)
Eberhard Fraas (Germany, 1862-1915)
Georgii Frederiks (Russia / Soviet Union, 1889-1938)
Childs Frick (United States, 1883-1965)
Antonin Fritsch (Czech Republic, 1832-1913)
Karl von Fritsch (Germany, 1838-1906)
Michael Frogley (United Kingdom)

G

William More Gabb (United States, 1839-1878)
Eugene S. Gaffney (United States)
Peter Galton (England, 1942- )
Taiping Gao (China, 1984- )
Kenneth Garrett (United States, 1953- )
Bartolomeo Gastaldi (Italy, 1818-1879)
Charles-Théophile Gaudin (Switzerland, 1822-1866)
Jean Albert Gaudry (France, 1827-1908)
Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser (Germany, 1965- )
Jacques Gauthier (United States)
Charles Lewis Gazin (United States, 1904-1995)
Henry Gee (England, 1962- )
Ross Geller (United States)
Paul Gervais (France, 1816-1879)
James W. Gidley (United States, 1866-1931)
Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel (Germany, 1820-1881)
Edmund Dwen Gill (Australia, 1908-1986)
David Gillette (United States)
Charles W. Gilmore (United States, 1874-1945)
Philip D. Gingerich (United States, 1946- )
George Herbert Girty (United States, 1869-1939)
Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (Netherlands / Belgium, 1808-1874)
Martin Glaessner (Austria-Hungary / Australia, 1906-1989)
Ludwig Glauert (England / Australia, 1879-1963)
Ernst Friedrich Glocker (Germany, 1793-1858)
Pascal Godefroit (Belgium)
Georg August Goldfuss (Germany, 1782-1848)
Heinrich Göppert (Germany, 1800-1884)
Mackenzie Gordon, Jr. (United States, 1913–1992)
Maria Gordon (Scotland, 1864–1939)
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger (Croatia, 1856-1936)
Stephen Jay Gould (United States, 1941-2002)
David J. Gower (England)
Amadeus William Grabau (United States / China, 1870-1946)
Walter W. Granger (United States, 1872-1941)
Bruno Granier (France)
Richard E. Grant (United States, 1927-1995)
Joseph T. Gregory (United States, 1914-2007)
William King Gregory (United States, 1876-1970)
Amanz Gressly (Switzerland, 1814-1865)
David Grimaldi (United States, 1957- )
Vera Gromova (Russia / Soviet Union, 1891-1973)
Walter R. Gross (Germany, 1903-1974)
Józef Grzybowski (Poland, 1869-1922)

H

George Haas (Austria, 1905-1981)
Julius von Haast (Germany, 1822-1887)
Jules Haime (France, 1824-1856)
James Hall (United States, 1811-1898)
Valerie Hall (Ireland)
Anthony Hallam (England, 1933-2017)
Beverly Halstead (England, 1933-1991)
David Harper (England)
Tom Harris England)
Hasegawa Yoshikazu (Japan, 1930-)
John Bell Hatcher (United States, 1861-1904)
Sidney H. Haughton (England / South Africa, 1888-1982)
Oliver Perry Hay (United States, 1846-1930)
Angelo Heilprin (United States, 1853-1907)
Anatol Heintz (Norway, 1898-1975)
Natascha Heintz (Norway, 1930- )
Sam W. Heads (England, 1983- )
Oswald Heer (Switzerland, 1809-1883)
Gerhard Heilmann (Denmark, 1859-1946)
Sue Hendrickson (United States, 1949- )
Edwin Hennig (Germany, 1882-1977)
Gunnar Henningsmoen (Norway, 1919-1996)
Victoria Herridge (England)
Franz Martin Hilgendorf (Germany, 1839-1904)
Edward Hitchcock (United States, 1793-1864)
Scott Hocknull (Australia)
Ove Arbo Høeg (Norway, 1898-1993)
Johann Leonard Hoffmann (Netherlands, 1710-1782)
Hans J. Hofmann (Germany / Canada, 1936-2010)
William Jacob Holland (United States, 1848-1932)
J. Alan Holman (United States, 1931-2006)
Keith Holmes (Australia)
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. (United States, 1965- )
Dave Hone (England)
Dirk Albert Hooijer (Netherlands, 1919-1993)
Reginald Hooley (England, 1865-1923)
James Hopson (United States, 1935- )
Jack Horner (United States, 1946- )
Moritz Hornes (Austria, 1815-1868)
Lukas Hottinger (Switzerland, 1933-2011)
Nicholas Hotton III (United States, 1920/21-1999)
Hildegarde Howard (United States, 1901-1998)
Friedrich von Huene (Germany, 1875-1969)
Alois Humbert (Switzerland, 1829-1887)
Julian P. Hume (England, 1960- )
Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (France, 1790-1845)
Pierre Hupé (France, 1907-2003)
Jørn Hurum (Norway, 1967- )
Thomas Henry Huxley (England, 1825-1895)
Alpheus Hyatt (United States, 1838-1902)

I

Nizar Ibrahim (Germany / Morocco, 1982- )
Thomas Image (England, 1772-1856)
Wataru Ishijima (Japan, 1906-1980)
Arturo Issel (Italy, 1842-1922)

J

David Jablonski (United States, 1953- )
Auguste Jaccard (Switzerland, 1833-1895)
Louis L. Jacobs (United States, 1948- )
Sohan Lal Jain (India)
Helen F. James (United States, 1956- )
Werner Janensch (Germany, 1878-1969)
Philippe Janvier (France)
Erik Jarvik (Sweden, 1829-1901)
Dick Jefferies (England)
Farish Jenkins (United States, 1940-2012)
James A. Jensen (United States, 1918-1998)
Kirk Johnson (United States, 1960- )
Frederik Johnstrup (Denmark, 1818-1894)
Theobald Jones (Ireland, 1790-1868)
Thomas Rupert Jones (England, 1819-1911)

K

Josephine Kablick (Czech Republic, 1787-1863)
Myra Keen (United States, 1905-1986)
Gerta Keller (Switzerland / United States, 1945- )
Alexander Kellner (Brazil, 1961- )
Remington Kellogg (United States, 1892-1969)
Doris Kermack (England, 1923-2003)
Kenneth Kermack (England, 1919-2000)
Andre Keyser (South Africa, 1938-2010)
Alexander Keyserling (Russia, 1815-1891)
Johan Aschehoug Kiær (Norway, 1869–1931)
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (Poland, 1925-2015)
Caitlín R. Kiernan (United States, 1964- )
Kamoya Kimeu (Kenya, 1940- )
William King (Ireland / England, 1809-1886)
James Kirkland (United States, 1954- )
James Kitching (South Africa, 1922-2003)
Andrew H. Knoll (United States, 1959- )
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi (Japan, 1971-)
Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (Germany / Netherlands, 1902-1982)
Anastas Kondo (Albania, 1937-2006)
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck (Belgium, 1809-1887)
Andreas Kornhuber (Austria, 1824-1905)
Vladimir Kovalevsky (Russia, 1842-1883)
Roman Kozłowski (Poland, 1889-1977)
Jaroslav Kraft (Czech Republic, 1940-2007)
Miklós Kretzoi (Hungary, 1907-2005)
Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich (Russia, 1885-1953)
Evgeny Kurochkin (Russia, 1940-2011)
Sergei Kurzanov (Russia, 1947- )
Björn Kurtén (Finland, 1924-1988)
Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (Russia, 1873-1948)

L

Philippe de La Harpe (Switzerland, 1830-1882)
Kenneth Lacovara (United States)
Matt Lamanna (United States)
Lawrence Lambe (Canada, 1863-1919)
Charles Lamberton (France, 1876-1960)
Kálmán Lambrecht (Hungary, 1889-1936)
Archibald Lamont (Scotland, 1907-1985)
Wann Langston, Jr. (United States, 1921-2013)
Jia Lanpo (China, 1908-2001)
Albert-Félix de Lapparent (France, 1905-1975)
Peter Larson (United States, 1952- )
Édouard Lartet (France, 1801-1871)
Louis Lartet (France, 1840-1899)
Gustav Karl Laube (Germany / Czech Republic, 1839-1923)
Charles Léopold Laurillard (France, 1783-1853)
Michel Laurin (Canada)
René Lavocat (France)
Louise Leakey (Kenya, 1972- )
Richard Leakey (Kenya, 1944–2022)
Alfred Nicholson Leeds (England, 1847-1917)
Serge Legendre (France)
Joseph Leidy (United States, 1823-1891)
André Leroi-Gourhan (France, 1911-1986)
Don Lessem (United States, 1951- )
Riccardo Levi-Setti (Italy, 1927-2018)
Bruce Lieberman (United States)
Giancarlo Ligabue (Italy, 1931-2015)
Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima (Portugal, 1858-1919)
Jere H. Lipps (United States, 1939- )
Martin Lockley (England)
Alfred R. Loeblich Jr (United States, 1914-1994)
Helen Niña Tappan Loeblich (United States, 1917-2004)
John A. Long (Australia, 1957- )
Albert Heber Longman (England / Australia, 1880-1954)
Jane Longstaff (England, 1855-1935)
William Lonsdale (England, 1794-1871)
Frederic Brewster Loomis (United States, 1873-1937)
Perceval de Loriol (Switzerland, 1828-1908)
Lü Junchang (China, 1965-2018)
Spencer G. Lucas (United States)
R. S. Lull (United States, 1867-1957)
Peter Wilhelm Lund (Denmark / Brazil, 1801-1880)
Tyler Lyson (United States)

M

James "Jim" Henry Madsen Jr. (United States, 1932-2009)
Evgeny Maleev (Soviet Union, 1915-1966)
Matsumoto Hikoshichirō (Japan, 1887–1975)
Mirko Malez (Croatia, 1924-1990)
Francesco Mallegni (Italy)
V. Standish Mallory (United States, 1919-2003)
Gideon Mantell (England, 1790-1852)
Alexander V. Markov (Russia, 1965- )
Brian John Marples (England / New Zealand, 1907-1997)
Adam Douglas Marsh (United States)
Othniel Charles Marsh (United States, 1831-1899)
Anthony J. Martin (United States)
Larry Martin (United States, 1943-2013)
Paul S. Martin (United States, 1928-2010)
William Martin (England, 1767-1810)
Nieves López Martínez (Spain, 1949-2010)
Andrey Vasilyevich Martynov (Russia, 1879-1938)
John Marwick (New Zealand, 1891-1978)
Teresa Maryańska (Poland)
Octávio Mateus (Portugal, 1975- )
William Diller Matthew (United States, 1871-1930)
Vratislav Mazák (Czech Republic, 1937-1987)
J. C. McConnell (United States, 1844-1904)
Frederick McCoy (Ireland / Australia, 1817-1899)
Malcolm McKenna (United States, 1930-2008)
Mark McMenamin (United States)
Fielding Bradford Meek (United States, 1817-1876)
Felipe Mendez (Argentina, 1897-?)
Peter Merian (Switzerland, 1795-1883)
John Campbell Merriam (United States, 1869-1945)
Jean-Louis Hardouin Michelin de Choisy (France, 1786-1867)
John Samuel Miller (England, 1779-1830)
Pierre-Aimé Millet (France, 1783-1873)
Angela Milner (England)
Dick Mol (Netherlands, 1955- )
Neale Monks (England, 1971- )
Raymond C. Moore (United States, 1892-1974)
John Morris (England, 1810-1886)
Simon Conway Morris (England, 1951- )
J.A. Moy-Thomas (England, 1908-1944)
Salvador Moyà-Solà (Spain, 1955- )
Benjamin Franklin Mudge (United States, 1817-1879)
Atílio Munari (Brazil, 1901-1941)
Francisco Javier Muñiz (Argentina, 1795-1871)
Dmitrii Mushketov (Russia, 1882-1938)

N

Darren Naish (England, 1975- )
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (Sweden, 1850-1921)
Theodor Anton Neagu (Romania, 1932-2017)
Sterling Nesbitt (United States, 1982- )
Edwin Tulley Newton (England, 1840-1930)
Elizabeth Nicholls (Canada, 1946-2004)
Henry Alleyne Nicholson (Scotland, 1844-1899)
Adolf Carl Noé (Austria / United States, 1873-1939)
Alexander von Nordmann (Finland, 1803-1866)
Mark Norell (United States, 1957- )
David B. Norman (England)
Fernando Novas (Argentina)
Nestor Ivanovich Novozhilov (Russia)

O

Vladimir Obruchev (Russia, 1863-1956)
Klaus Oeggl (Austria, 1955- )
Chonosuke Okamura (Japan)
Thomas Oldham (Ireland / England, 1816-1878)
Walter Oliver (Australia / New Zealand, 1883-1957)
Paul E. Olsen (United States, 1953- )
Stanley John Olsen (United States, 1919-2003)
Everett C. Olson (United States, 1910-1993)
Armin Öpik (Estonia / Australia, 1898-1983)
Alcide d'Orbigny (France, 1802-1857)
Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov (Russia, 1893-1966)
Tor Ørvig (Sweden, 1916-1994)
Henry Fairfield Osborn (United States, 1857-1935)
Halszka Osmólska (Poland, 1930-2008)
John Ostrom (United States, 1928-2005)
Richard Owen (England, 1804-1892)
Katsura Ōyama (Japan, 1917-1995)
Ozawa Yoshiaki (Japan, 1989-1929)

P

Kevin Padian (United States, 1951- )
Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (Spain, 1910-1983)
Allison R. Palmer (United States, 1927- )
C. Phil Palmer (England)
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer (United States, 1895–1982)
Heinz Christian Pander (Russia, 1794-1865)
James Parkinson (England, 1755-1824)
William Parks (Canada, 1868-1936)
Bryan Patterson (England / United States, 1909-1979)
Colin Patterson (England, 1933-1998)
Gregory S. Paul (United States, 1954- )
Alexei Petrovich Pavlov (Russia, 1854-1929)
Maria Pavlova (Russia, 1854-1938)
Rajko Pavlovec (Slovenia, 1932-2013)
Frank Peabody (United States, 1914-1958)
Pei Wenzhong (China, 1904-1982)
David P. Penhallow (United States / Canada, 1854-1910)
Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (Chile, 1932–2013)
Altangerel Perle (Mongolia, 1945- )
Jaroslav Perner (Czech Republic, 1869-1947)
Léon Pervinquière (France, 1873-1913)
Luigi Piacenza (Italy, 1935-2009)
Josef Ladislav Píč (Czech Republic, 1847-1911)
Martin Pickford (England / Kenya)
Elizabeth Philpot (England, 1780-1857)
Guy Ellcock Pilgrim (England, 1875-1943)
Irajá Damiani Pinto (Brazil, 1919-2014)
Edna P. Plumstead (South Africa, 1903-1989)
P. David Polly (United States / United Kingdom)
Auguste Pomel (France, 1821-1898)
Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (Russia, 1936-2016)
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget (France, 1818-1904)
Vicentino Prestes de Almeida (Brazil, 1900-1954)
Llewellyn Ivor Price (Brazil, 1905-1980)
Donald Prothero (United States, 1954- )
Mark Purnell (England)

Q

Heinrich Quiring (Germany, 1883-1964)

R

Anton Ramovš (Slovenia, 1924-2011)
Alexandr Rasnitsyn (Russia)
Guilherme Rau (Brazil, ?-1953)
David M. Raup (United States, 1933-2015)
Emily Rayfield (England)
Manfred Reichel (Switzerland, 1896-1984)
Osvaldo Reig (Argentina, 1929-1992)
Roy Herbert Reinhart (United States, 1919-2005)
Zeev Reiss (Israel, 1917-1996)
Robert R. Reisz (Canada, 1947- )
Bernard Renault (France, 1836-1904)
Eugène Renevier (Switzerland, 1831-1906)
Charles Repenning (United States, 1922-2005)
Charles E. Resser (United States, 1889-1943)
Gregory Retallack (United States, 1951- )
August Emanuel von Reuss (Austria, 1811-1873)
Emma Richter (Germany 1888-1956)
Armand de Ricqlès (France, 1938-1963)
Elmer S. Riggs (United States, 1869-1963)
François Jules Pictet de la Rive (Switzerland, 1809-1872)
John T. Robinson (South Africa, 1923-2001)
Boris Rohdendorf (Russia, 1904-1977)
Josef Victor Rohon (Austria, 1845-1923)
Alfred Romer (United States, 1894-1973)
Marcus R. Ross (United States, 1976- )
Claudia Roth (France)
Santiago Roth (Switzerland / Argentina, 1850-1924)
Rafael Royo-Torres (Spain)
Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky (Russia, 1920-1983)
John Ruben (United States)
Rudolf Ruedemann (United States, 1864-1956)
Bruce Runnegar (Australia, 1941- )
Dale Russell (Canada / United States, 1937-2019)
Vasiliy E. Ruzhentsev (Russia, 1899-1978)
Natalia Rybczynski (Canada)

S

Karol Sabath (Poland, 1963-2007)
John William Salter (England, 1820-1869)
Scott D. Sampson (Canada, 1961- )
William J. Sanders (United States)
Ivan Sansom (Wales)
Gaston de Saporta (France, 1823-1895)
Henri Émile Sauvage (France, 1842-1917)
R. J. G. Savage (UK, 1927-1998)
Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh (Sweden, 1910-1948)
Steven Schafersman (United States)
Viera Scheibner (Slovakia, 1935- )
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (Switzerland, 1672-1733)
Judith Schiebout (United States)
Erich Maren Schlaikjer (United States, 1905-1972)
Philippe-Charles Schmerling (Netherlands / Belgium, 1790-1836)
Robert M. Schoch (United States)
J. William Schopf (United States, 1941- )
Frederick Schram (United States, 1943- )
Charles Schuchert (United States, 1858-1942)
Mary Higby Schweitzer (United States)
William Berryman Scott (United States, 1858-1947)
Samuel Hubbard Scudder (United States, 1837-1911)
Harry Seeley (England, 1839-1909)
Adolf Seilacher (Germany, 1925-2014)
Brigitte Senut (France, 1954- )
Jack Sepkoski (United States, 1948-1999)
Paul Sereno (United States, 1957- )
Ethel Shakespear (England, 1871-1946)
Nathaniel Shaler (United States, 1841-1906)
Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov (Russia)
Charles Davies Sherborn (England, 1861-1942)
Shigeyasu Tokunaga (Japan, 1874–1940)
Shikama Tokio (Japan, 1912-1978)
Neil Shubin (United States, 1960- )
Christian Sidor (United States)
Gloria Jean Siebrecht (United States, 1940- )
Ion Th. Simionescu (Romania, 1873-1944)
George Gaylord Simpson (United States, 1902-1984)
Martin I. Simpson (England)
Christopher P. Sloan (United States, 1954- )
M. Paul Smith (England)
Boris Sergeyevich Sokolov (Russia, 1914-2013)
Leonard Frank Spath (England, 1882-1957)
Zdeněk Špinar (Czech Republic, 1916-1995)
Robert Masterman Stainforth (England, 1915-2002)
Herbert F. Standing (Madagascar)
Steven M. Stanley (United States, 1941- )
Hans Georg Stehlin (Switzerland, 1870-1941)
Erik Stensiö (Sweden, 1891-1984)
Charles Hazelius Sternberg (United States, 1850-1943)
Charles Mortram Sternberg (United States / Canada, 1885-1981)
Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (Czech Republic, 1761-1838)
Charles Stokes (England, 1780s-1853)
Ferdinand Stoliczka (Austria / Czech Republic, 1838-1874)
Henry Stopes (England, 1852-1902)
Marie Stopes (England, 1880-1958)
Antonio Stoppani (Italy, 1824-1891)
Leif Størmer (Norway, 1905-1979)
J. Willis Stovall (United States, 1891-1953)
George William Stow (England / South Africa, 1822-1882)
Ernst Stromer (Germany, 1871-1952)
Samuel Stutchbury (England, 1798-1859)
Hans-Dieter Sues (United States)
Robert M. Sullivan (United States, 1951- )
William Elgin Swinton (Scotland / Canada)
Władysław Szajnocha (Poland, 1857-1928)

T

Mignon Talbot (United States, 1869-1950)
Darren Tanke (Canada, 1960- )
Philippe Taquet (France, 1940- )
Paul Tasch (United States, 1910-2001)
Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov (Russia, 1926-2011)
Ian Tattersall (England / United States, 1945- )
Juan Tavera (Chile, 1917-1991)
Mike P. Taylor (England, 1968- )
Richard H. Tedford (United States, 1929-2011)
Curt Teichert (Germany / United States, 1905-1996)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (France, 1881-1955)
Geneviève Termier (France, 1917-2005)
Henry Testot-Ferry (France, 1826-1869)
Nicolas Théobald (France, 1903-1981)
Robert C. Thorne (United States, 1898-1960)
Raymond Thorsteinsson (Canada, 1921-2012)
Richard A. Thulborn (England)
Bruce H. Tiffney (United States)
Eduard Toll (Russia)
Tomida Yukimitsu (Japan, 1950-)
Zsófia Torma (Hungary, 1832-1899)
Ramsay Traquair (Scotland, 1840-1912)
Georges de Tribolet (Switzerland, 1830-1873)
Ronald Pearson Tripp (England, 1914-2001)
Gustaf Troedsson (Sweden, 1891-1954)
Joseph Tyrrell (Canada, 1858-1957)

U

Viktor Uhlig (Austria, 1857-1911)
Edward Oscar Ulrich (United States, 1857-1944)
Franz Unger (Austria, 1800-1870)

V

Pierre-Joseph van Beneden (Belgium, 1809-1894)
Gerard Frederick van Tets (England / Canada / Australia, 1929-1995)
Blaire Van Valkenburgh (United States)
Trevor Valle (United States, 1975- )
Geerat J. Vermeij (Netherlands / United States, 1946- )
Édouard de Verneuil (France, 1805-1873)
Patricia Vickers-Rich (United States / Australia, 1944- )
Emily H. Vokes (United States, 1930- )
Alexander von Volborth (Russia, 1800-1876)
Giovanni Serafino Volta (Italy, 1764-1842)
Elisabeth Vrba (United States, 1942- )
Vishnu-Mittre (India, 1924-1991)

W

Charles Wachsmuth (United States, 1829-1896)
C. H. Waddington (England, 1905-1975)
Mary Wade (Australia, 1928-2005)
Peter J. Wagner (United States, 1964- )
Norman Arthur Wakefield (Australia, 1918-1972)
Charles Doolittle Walcott (United States, 1850-1927)
Alick Walker (England, 1925-1999)
Cyril Walker (England, 1939-2009)
Arthur Bache Walkom (Australia, 1889-1976)
Xiaoming Wang (China / United States)
Wang Yuan (China)
Jindřich Wankel (Czech Republic, 1821-1897)
David Ward (England, 1948- )
Peter Ward (United States, 1949- )
Matt J. Wedel (United States)
Wesley Wehr (United States, 1929-2004)
David B. Weishampel (United States, 1952- )
Samuel Paul Welles (United States, 1907-1997)
John W. Wells (United States, 1907-1994)
Lars Werdelin (Sweden, 1955- )
Richard Gilbert West (England, 1926-2020)
Charles M. Wheatley (United States, 1822-1882)
Charles Abiathar White (United States, 1826-1910)
Joseph Frederick Whiteaves (England / Canada, 1835-1909)
Harry B. Whittington (England, 1916-2010)
Christopher H. Whittle (United States, 1959- )
Joan Wiffen (New Zealand, 1922-2009)
Paul Wignall (England, 1964- )
James Steele Williams (United States, 1896-1957)
Samuel Wendell Williston (United States, 1851-1918)
Alice Wilson (Canada, 1881-1964)
Jeffrey A. Wilson (United States)
Carl Wiman (Sweden, 1867-1944)
Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (Netherlands, 1822-1897)
Henry Witham (England, 1779-1844)
Lawrence Witmer (United States)
Mark P. Witton (England)
Jack A. Wolfe (United States, 1936-2005)
Searles Valentine Wood (England, 1798-1880)
Henry Woods (England, 1868-1952)
Arthur Smith Woodward (England, 1864-1944)
Henry Woodward (England, 1832-1921)
Amos Henry Worthen (United States, 1813-1888)
Trevor H. Worthy (New Zealand, 1957- )
Claud William Wright (England, 1917-2010)
Thomas Wright (Scotland, 1809-1884)
Andre Wyss (United States)

X

Xu Xing (China)

Y

Hisakatsu Yabe (Japan, 1878-1969)

Yang Zhongjian (China, 1897-1979)
Lorenzo Gordin Yates (United States, 1837-1909)
Ivan Yefremov (Russia, 1908-1972)
Xiaobo Yu (China)

Z

Mikhail Zalessky (Russia, 1877-1946)
Lindsay Zanno (United States)
Otto Zdansky (Austria, 1894-1988)
Charles René Zeiller (France, 1847-1915)
Zhao Xijin (China)
Vladimir Zherikhin (Russia)
Zhou Ming-Zhen (China, 1918-1996)
Zhou Zhonghe (China, 1965- )
Jiri Zidek (Czech Republic / United States)
Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker (Netherlands / South Africa, 1907-2002)
Gustav Adolf Zwanziger (Austria, 1837-1893)

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