Lawrence Lambe
Lawrence Morris Lambe (* 1863 ; † 1919 ) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist who worked for the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
Lambe began his work in western Canada in 1897. In the following years he discovered a large number of genera and species , and he also spent a lot of time preparing fossils for the Museum of the Geological Survey of Canada. In 1902 he described the first dinosaur found in Canada, various species of the genus Monoclonius . In 1904 he described Centrosaurus , in 1910 he named Euoplocephalus , in 1913 Styracosaurus . He also named Chasmosaurus and Gorgosaurus (both 1914) and Eoceratops in 1915. In 1917 he called the genus Edmontosaurus into being. In 1919 he named Panoplosaurus . He also discovered and named Gryposaurus , which belongs to the group of hadrosaurs .
Through the numerous descriptions of dinosaur fossils found in Alberta , he helped bring the topic of dinosaurs into public focus. The general interest in dinosaurs and fossils grew extremely and prepared the province a "Golden Age of the Dinosaurs". During this period, which lasted from the 1880s to World War I , numerous fossil hunters from all over the world came to Alberta to search. For this reason, the Lambeosaurus was named in honor of Lambe in 1922 .
Lambe not only discovered dinosaurs, in 1907 he described Leidysuchus canadensis , an alligator . This shape, from the late Cretaceous , was the most common shape found in the rocks of Alberta. He also examined fish from the Devonian from New Brunswick , as well as corals from the Paleozoic . He collected insects from the Tertiary and plants in British Columbia . The greatest contribution to Lambe's fame, however, remains his research on the dinosaurs.
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- with Henry Fairfield Osborn : On Vertebrata of the Mid-Cretaceous of the North West Territory , Ottawa 1902 (vertebrate fossils from the Judith River Group in Alberta in the late Cretaceous)
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| SURNAME | Lambe, Lawrence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lambe, Lawrence Morris (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1863 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1919 |