 Othniel
C. Marsh (1831-1899) was a US paleontologist from Yale University who
named the following dinosaurs: Allosaurus (1877), Ammosaurus
(1890), Anchisaurus (1885), Apatosaurus (1877), Atlantosaurus
(1877), Barosaurus (1890), Camptosaurus (1885), Ceratops (1888),
Ceratosaurus (1884), Claosaurus (1890), Coelurus
(1879), Creosaurus (1878), Diplodocus (1878), Diracodon (1881),
Dryosaurus (1894), Dryptosaurus (1877), Laosaurus (1878), Nanosaurus
(1877), Nodosaurus (1889), Ornithomimus (1890), Pleurocoelus (1891),
Priconodon (1888), Stegosaurus (1877), Torosaurus (1891), Triceratops
(1889). He also named the suborders Ceratopsia, Ornithopoda, Stegosauria,
and Theropoda, and named the families Allosauridae, Anchisauridae,
Camptosauridae, Ceratopsidae, Ceratosauridae, Coeluridae, Diplodocidae,
Dryptosauridae, Nodosauridae, Ornithomimidae, and Stegosauridae. The dinosaur
Othnielia was named in 1977 by P. Galton as a tribute to Marsh.
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