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Odontostilbe Nareuda
''Odontostilbe'' is a genus of characins from tropical Central America, Central and South America, with 19 currently recognized species: * ''Odontostilbe avanhandava'' Chuctaya, Bührnheim & Malabarba, 2018 * ''Odontostilbe dialeptura'' (William Lee Fink, W. L. Fink & Stanley Howard Weitzman, S. H. Weitzman, 1974) * ''Odontostilbe dierythrura'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1940 * ''Odontostilbe ecuadorensis'' Cristina Motta Bührnheim, Bührnheim & Luiz Roberto Malabarba, L. R. Malabarba, 2006 * ''Odontostilbe euspilurus'' (Fowler, 1945) * ''Odontostilbe fugitiva'' Edward Drinker Cope, Cope, 1870 * ''Odontostilbe littoris'' (Jacques Géry, Géry, 1960) * ''Odontostilbe microcephala'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 * ''Odontostilbe mitoptera'' (William Lee Fink, W. L. Fink & Stanley Howard Weitzman, S. H. Weitzman, 1974) * ''Odontostilbe nareuda'' Bührnheim & Luiz Roberto Malabarba, L. R. Malabarba, 2006 * ''Odontostilbe pacaasnovos'' Junior Chuctaya, Willian M. Ohara & Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontology, paleontologist, comparative anatomy, comparative anatomist, herpetology, herpetologist, and ichthyology, ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19. Though his father tried to raise Cope as a gentleman farmer, he eventually acquiesced to his son's scientific aspirations. Cope had little formal scientific training, and he eschewed a teaching position for field work. He made regular trips to the Western United States, American West, prospecting in the 1870s and 1880s, often as a member of United States Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey teams. A personal feud between Cope and paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh led to a period of intense fossil-finding competition now known as the Bone Wars. Cope's financial fortunes soured after failed mining ventures i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
