Samuel Paul Welles
Samuel Paul Welles (born November 9, 1907 in Gloucester , Massachusetts , † August 6, 1997 in San Mateo , California ) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and research fellow at the Museum of Palaeontology at the University of California, Berkeley .
Welles took part in the excavations at Placerias - Quarry in the 1930s . He was also instrumental in the discovery of the fossils of the giant ichthyosaur Shonisaurus in 1954 and in the following years in the area of today's Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park . He gained fame with his first scientific description of the theropod dinosaur Dilophosaurus from 1954.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Samuel P. Welles Papers. University of California Museum of Paleontology.
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| SURNAME | Welles, Samuel Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gloucester , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1997 |
| Place of death | San Mateo , California |