Sotheby's calls it "the most transparent sale of a dinosaur to have ever occurred". But some palaeontologists take issue. "If ...

The epic battle waged over dinosaur fossils by rival paleontologists in the American West. In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific train for a sight ...

Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1879) was a paleontologist. During his career, Marsh published about 300 scientific papers and books in which he described and named approximately 500 new species of fossil ...

JUST within a period of two years the United States has lost two of its most distinguished palæontologists, Cope having passed away on April 12, 1897, while the death of Marsh is announced to ...

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Othniel Charles Marsh was born in 1831, and came from more modest roots than Cope. His father was a farmer, but the young Marsh had the advantage of having a rich uncle, George Peabody.

Summary These records consist of incoming correspondence primarily to Frederic Augustus Lucas, a Curator in the Division, from Charles E. Beecher, William Cooper, Nelson Horatio Darton, James W.

Upon hearing reports about ancient bones being found in the western frontier, Yale paleontologist Othniel Charles (O.C.) Marsh headed west in 1868 and saw great opportunities in the rolling plains and ...

Adapted for television by Graham Yost and Bruce C. McKenna, Crichton’s Dragon Teeth follows the notorious rivalry between real-life paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh ...

One of the key players in the “ Bone Wars ” of the late 19th century, his long-running feud with fellow bone sharp Othniel Charles Marsh is the stuff of scientific legend.

A century and a half ago, a young paleontologist named Othniel Charles Marsh persuaded his uncle, philanthropist George Peabody, to give Yale University $150,000 for a museum of natural history ...

Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology Jim Ottaviani, . . G.T. Labs, $22.95 (165pp) ISBN 978-0-9660106-6-4 ...