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July 1:
- 1868 - William Sutherland Dun was born in Cheltenham, England.
- 1905 - Leif Størmer was born in Kristiania, Norway.
- 1973 - Isabel Clifton Cookson died.
- 2015 - Jack L. Conrad described the new genus and species of casquehead Lizard Babibasiliscus alxi from the Eocene Bridger Formation of Wyoming, USA.
July 2:
- 1976 - Arthur Bache Walkom died.
Radiographs Reveal Exceptional Forelimb Strength in the Sabertooth Cat, Smilodon fatalis
Julie A. Meachen-Samuels, Blaire Van Valkenburgh
published 02 Jul 2010
Geochronological and Taxonomic Revisions of the Middle Eocene Whistler Squat Quarry (Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Texas) and Implications for the Early Uintan in Trans-Pecos Texas
Christopher J. Campisano, E. Christopher Kirk, K. E. Beth Townsend, Alan L. Deino
published 02 Jul 2014
July 3:
- 1858 - Charles Schuchert was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
- 1874 - Johan Gunnar Andersson was born.
- 1904 - John Bell Hatcher died of typhoid fever in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, at age 42.
- 1919 - Irajá Damiani Pinto was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) Dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia
Scott A. Hocknull, Matt A. White, Travis R. Tischler, Alex G. Cook, Naomi D. Calleja, Trish Sloan, David A. Elliott
published 03 Jul 2009
July 4:
- 1899 - Arthur Coggeshall discovered the type specimen of Diplodocus carnegii near Sheep Creek, Wyoming, USA. The specimen is now curated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, whose exhibit hall had to be expanded to make room for it.
- 1942 - Marcellin Boule died.
- 1946 - Othenio Abel died in Mondsee, Austria at age 71.
July 5:
- 1832 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil towards Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 1862 - Heinrich Georg Bronn died in Heidelberg, Germany.
- 1904 - Franz Martin Hilgendorf died of a gastrointestinal ailment in Berlin, Germany at age 64.
Maximal Aerobic and Anaerobic Power Generation in Large Crocodiles versus Mammals: Implications for Dinosaur Gigantothermy
Roger S. Seymour
published 05 Jul 2013
July 6:
- 1833 - Auguste Jaccard was born in Culliairy, Switzerland.
- 1874 - Bernard du Bus de Gisignies died in Bad Ems, Germany.
Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of Cat Skulls: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Morphological Diversity
Manabu Sakamoto, Marcello Ruta
published 06 Jul 2012
July 7:
- 1819 - William Hellier Baily was born in Bristol, England.
- 1835 - Paul Henri Fischer was born in Paris, France.
- 1993 - Ove Arbo Høeg died.
July 8:
- 1811 - August Emanuel von Reuss was born in Bílina, Czech Republic.
- 1836 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at St. Helena.
- 2001 - Jia Lanpo died in Beijing, China.
2015 - David C. Evans and Michael J. Ryan described the new genus and species of ceratopsid Wendiceratops pinhornensis from the Campanian Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada.
Jorge Cubo and others reported the first evidence of biomechanically adaptive bone modeling in non-avian dinosaurs from the limb bones of Maiasaura specimens of different ages. Their find provided more evidence that this hadrosaur hatched as a biped and gradually transitioned to walking on all fours as it grew.
July 9:
- 1867 - Jean-Louis Hardouin Michelin de Choisy died in Versailles, France.
- 2015 - David M. Raup died in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, USA.
July 10:
- 1851 - Samuel Wendell Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1873 - Ion Th. Simionescu was born in Fântânele, Romania.
- 1879 - Paul Bertrand was born in Loos-lez-Lille, France.
- 1982 - Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald died in Bad Homburg, West Germany.
Skull Ecomorphology of Megaherbivorous Dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada
Jordan C. Mallon, Jason S. Anderson
published 10 Jul 2013
July 11:
- 1944 - Patricia Vickers-Rich was born in the USA.
- 1996 - Zeev Reiss died.
A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods
Nathalie Bardet, Nour-Eddine Jalil, France de Lapparent de Broin, Damien Germain, Olivier Lambert, Mbarek Amaghzaz
published 11 Jul 2013
The Enigmatic Marine Reptile Nanchangosaurus from the Lower Triassic of Hubei, China and the Phylogenetic Affinities of Hupehsuchia
Xiao-hong Chen, Ryosuke Motani, Long Cheng, Da-yong Jiang, Olivier Rieppel
published 11 Jul 2014
July 12:
- 1927 - Riccardo Levi-Setti was born in Milan, Italy.
- 1940 - Evgeny Kurochkin was born.
July 13:
- 1790 - Georg Karl Berendt was born.
- 1814 - William Davies was born in Holywell, Wales.
- 1986 - Edmund Dwen Gill died.
July 14:
- 1797 - James Scott Bowerbank was born in London, England.
- 1815 - Moritz Hornes was born in Vienna, Austria.
- 1954 - Egidio Feruglio died in Udine, Italy at age 56.
July 15:
- 1821 - Jindřich Wankel was born in Prague, Czech Republic.
- 1907 - John W. Wells was born.
- 1929 - Richard H. Tedford died from a skull fracture received during an accidental fall in Demarest, New Jersey, USA.
July 16:
- 1818 - Jean-François-Albert du Pouget was born in London, England.
- 1887 - Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck died.
- 2005 - John Ostrom died of complications related to Alzheimer's disease in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA at age 77.
Distributions of Cranial Pathologies Provide Evidence for Head-Butting in Dome-Headed Dinosaurs (Pachycephalosauridae)
Joseph E. Peterson, Collin Dischler, Nicholas R. Longrich
published 16 Jul 2013
July 17:
- 1814 - Amanz Gressly was born in Bärschwil, Switzerland.
- 1871 - Ethel Shakespear was born in Biddenham, England.
- 1878 - Thomas Oldham died in Rugby, England at age 62.
- 1907 - Angelo Heilprin died.
- 1992 - The Seattle Times ran an article reporting that Allison Andors and several other experts on Diatryma had concluded that the purported fossil Diatryma footprint of Flaming Geyser State Park, Washington state, USA the paper reported on May 3rd was actually a clever hoax. Nevertheless, ichnologists Martin Lockley and Adrian Hunt have since concluded that the track was legitimate after all.
Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs
Michael D. D’Emic, John A. Whitlock, Kathlyn M. Smith, Daniel C. Fisher, Jeffrey A. Wilson
published 17 Jul 2013
July 18:
- 1858 - Ernst Friedrich Glocker died in Stuttgart, Germany at age 65.
- 1950 - Mignon Talbot died at age 80.
- 1992 - Pierce Brodkorb died in Gainesville, Florida.
July 19:
- 1836 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at Ascension Island.
- 1898 - Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas was born.
July 20:
- 1804 - Richard Owen was born in Lancaster, England.
- 1943 - Charles Hazelius Sternberg died.
- 1995 - Cesare Emiliani died in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida USA.
July 21:
- 1913 - Carl Hermann Credner died.
- 1931 - Malcolm McKenna was born in Pomona, California, USA.
July 22:
- 1776 - Etheldred Benett was born in Tisbury, England.
- 1878 - Ray S. Bassler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1945 - Vladimir Zherikhin was born in Moscow, USSR.
July 23:
- 1834 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at Valparaiso, Chile.
- 1836 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, departed Ascension Island for Bahia, Brazil.
A ‘Terror of Tyrannosaurs’: The First Trackways of Tyrannosaurids and Evidence of Gregariousness and Pathology in Tyrannosauridae
Richard T. McCrea, Lisa G. Buckley, James O. Farlow, Martin G. Lockley, Philip J. Currie, Neffra A. Matthews, S. George Pemberton
published 23 Jul 2014
July 24:
- 1794 - Heinz Christian Pander was born in Riga, Russian Empire.
- 1828 - Perceval de Loriol was born in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1953 - J. Willis Stovall died.
Long Bone Histology and Growth Patterns in Ankylosaurs: Implications for Life History and Evolution
Martina Stein, Shoji Hayashi, P. Martin Sander
published 24 Jul 2013
New Australovenator Hind Limb Elements Pertaining to the Holotype Reveal the Most Complete Neovenatorid Leg
Matt A. White, Roger B. J. Benson, Travis R. Tischler, Scott A. Hocknull, Alex G. Cook, David G. Barnes, Stephen F. Poropat, Sarah J. Wooldridge, Trish Sloan, George H. K. Sinapius, David A. Elliott
published 24 Jul 2013
July 25:
- 1640 - Fabio Colonna died in Napoli, Italy at age 73.
- 1800 - Heinrich Göppert was born in Sprottau, Poland.
- 1904 - J. C. McConnell died in Liberty, New York, USA.
July 26:
- 1810 - Henry Christy was born in London, England.
- 1832 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 1948 - Jack Sepkoski was born in Presque Isle, Maine, USA.
- 1957 - Mark Norell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
July 27:
- 1857 -
July 28:
- 1823 - Gaston de Saporta was born in Saint-Zacharie, France.
- 1840 - Edward Drinker Cope was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1893 - Edward Charlesworth died at age 79.
- 1914 - Joseph T. Gregory was born in Eureka, California, USA.
- 1937 - Frederic Brewster Loomis died of a brain hemorrhage in Sitka, Alaska, USA.
July 29:
- 1857 -
July 30:
- 1840 - Ramsay Traquair was born in Rhynd, Scotland.
Evolution of Skull and Mandible Shape in Cats (Carnivora: Felidae)
Per Christiansen
published 30 Jul 2008
Dinosaurian Soft Tissues Interpreted as Bacterial Biofilms
Thomas G. Kaye, Gary Gaugler, Zbigniew Sawlowicz
published 30 Jul 2008
July 31:
- 1857 -