Lawrence Lambe

Lawrence Morris Lambe (* 1863, † 1919) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, who worked for the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC ).

Lambe began its work in 1897 in Western Canada. In the following years he discovered a large number of genera and species, he also spent much time with the preparation of fossils for the Museum of the Geological Survey of Canada. In 1902, he described the first found in Canada dinosaur, various species of the genus Monoclonius. In 1904 he described Centrosaurus, 1910 he named Euoplocephalus, 1913 Styracosaurus. He also named Chasmosaurus and Gorgosaurus (both 1914), Eoceratops 1915. 1917 he called the genus Edmontosaurus to life. In 1919, he named Panoplosaurus. Also, he discovered and named Gryposaurus, which belongs to the group of hadrosaurs.

Due to the numerous descriptions of dinosaur fossils that had been found in Alberta, he helped to put the issue of dinosaurs in the public spotlight. The general interest in dinosaurs and fossils grew extremely and prepared the province of a "golden age of the dinosaurs ". During this period, which lasted from the 80s of the 19th century until the First World War, numerous fossils hunters came from all over the world to Alberta to find there. For this reason, the Lambeosaurus was named honorary after Lambe in 1922.

Lambe discovered not only dinosaurs, in 1907, he described Leidysuchus canadensis, an alligator. This form, from the Late Cretaceous, was the form most commonly found in the rocks of Alberta. Furthermore, he examined fish from the Devonian of New Brunswick, as well as coral from the Paleozoic. He collected insects from the Tertiary and plants in British Columbia. The largest contribution to Lambe fame, however, remain his dinosaurs.

Writings

  • Henry Fairfield Osborn with On Vertebrata of the Mid- Cretaceous of the Northwest Territory, Ottawa 1902 ( vertebrate fossils of the Judith River Group in Alberta in the late Cretaceous )
  • List of other writings on Dino Data

Swell

  • Excerpt at Google Books
  • Drawing of the ' lazy Gorgosaurus ' by John Sibbick
  • Lambe at Dino Data
  • Paleontologist
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1863
  • Died in 1919
  • Man
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