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John Campbell Merriam
Paleontologist, Academic
1869 – 1945
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Who was John Campbell Merriam?
John Campbell Merriam was an American paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of vertebrate fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, particularly with the genus Smilodon, more commonly known as the sabertooth cat.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1869
Hopkinton - Also known as
- John Merriam
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lenox College
- Employment
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Oct 30, 1945
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on July 23, 2013
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