Richard Owen
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Richard Owen
A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations
The Cretaceous sediments of southern England (dating from 145 million to 83 million years ago) have yielded a plethora of fossil reptile specimens, ranging from flying reptiles to gigantic marine predators.
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Richard Owen
Monograph on the Reptilia of the Kimmeridge Clay and Portland Stone
The discovery of marine reptiles in the Jurassic rocks of central and southern England helped spark a revolution in the earth sciences, opening new vistas on deep time and revealing a variety of animals whose bizarre appearances kick-started long-standing public fascination with extinct life.
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Richard Owen
On the Nature of Limbs
Just as Darwin's ideas continue to propel the modern study of adaptation, so too Richard Owen's contributions fuel the interest in homology, organic form, and evolutionary developmental biology.
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Richard Owen
Palaeontology, 1860
Owen was the founder of the Natural History Museum, bringing the collections over from the British Museum. Although he was a supporter of evolutionary theory, he was reluctant to accept Darwin's version of evolution.
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