Charles Hazelius Sternberg

Charles Hazelius Sternberg
Born(1850-06-15)June 15, 1850
New York, United States[1]: 31 
DiedJuly 20, 1943(1943-07-20) (aged 93)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPaleontological collecting and studies
ChildrenGeorge, Charles, and Levi
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
Edmontosaurus mummy discovered by the Sternberg family in 1908. Click for details of the discovery and more photos.
Edmontosaurus annectens life reconstruction (1909) by Charles R. Knight, based on this mummy. This is not an accurate reconstruction by current knowledge.

Charles Hazelius Sternberg (June 15, 1850 – July 20, 1943) was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils for Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel C. Marsh, and for the British Museum, the San Diego Natural History Museum and other museums.

The Sternberg family is legendary in the history of paleontology. Charles Hazelius was the patriarch, and his three sons, George F. Sternberg, Charles Mortram Sternberg and Levi Sternberg were also professional fossil collectors. In 1908, the Sternbergs found a remarkable duckbill dinosaur mummy in the Lance Formation of eastern Wyoming, the first such fossil found. After spirited bidding, the fossil was sold to the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference king-of-the-dino-hunters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Donald Prothero, The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries. 2019, Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0231186025