William Arthur Parks (11 December 1868 – 3 October 1936) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of Lawrence Lambe.
William Arthur Parks | |
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| Born | December 11, 1868 |
| Died | October 3, 1936 (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Awards | Foreign Member of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Parks was born in Hamilton, Ontario. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1892, Parks joined the University of Toronto's staff, where he taught geology, paleontology, and mineralogy. He went on to earn a PhD in 1900. He wrote 80 scientific papers in his lifetime. Parks died in Toronto, Ontario, in 1936.
Named taxa
edit- 1919 Kritosaurus incurvimanus
- 1922 Parasaurolophus walkeri
- 1923 Corythosaurus intermedius
- 1923 Lambeosaurus lambei
- 1924 Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus
- 1925 Arrhinoceratops brachyops
- 1925 Neomeryx finni
- 1926 Struthiomimus brevitertius (type species of Dromiceiomimus)
- 1926 Thescelosaurus warreni (type species of Parksosaurus).
- 1928 Struthiomimus samueli
- 1928 Albertosaurus arctunguis
- 1931 Tetragonosaurus praeceps
- 1931 Tetragonosaurus erectofrons
- 1933 Struthiomimus currelli
- 1933 Struthiomimus ingens
- 1933 Ornithomimus elegans (type species of Citipes)
- 1935 Corythosaurus bicristatus
- 1935 Corythosaurus brevicristatus
- 1935 Corythosaurus frontalis
Honors
editParksosaurus was named in his honor by Charles M. Sternberg in 1937.
References
edit- ^ Jones, O. T. (1938). "William Arthur Parks. 1868-1936". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (6): 260–263. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1938.0006.
Russell, Loris S. (20 January 2014). "William Arthur Parks". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.
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