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Charles Repenning | |
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| Born | August 4, 1922 |
| Died | January 5, 2005 (aged 82) |
| Known for | Paleoparadoxia |
| Awards | Bronze Star Purple Heart 2007 Kirk Bryan Award of the Geological Society of America[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology Zoology |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
Charles Albert Repenning (August 4, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois – January 5, 2005 in Lakewood, Colorado)[2] was an American paleontologist and zoologist noted for his work on shrews, fossil rodents, modern pinnipeds and their extinct relatives, the Desmostylia. He identified and researched the Paleoparadoxia found during the excavation of Stanford Linear Accelerator at Stanford University in California, which was eventually reclassified as a distinct species, which was named in his honor.[3] Repenning was the first paleontologist to identify fossils from the North Slope of Alaska as dinosaur bones.
- ^ Presentation of 2007 Kirk Bryan Award
- ^ A Guide to the Charles Repenning Papers, 1950-2011 VPA004, at University of Texas at Austin (Libraries). Accessed 27 July 2021.
- ^ Reclassification of SLAC specimen as P. repenningi