Ernest L. Lundelius is a vertebrate paleontologist who has conducted research in the United States and Australia. Lundelius retired as professor emeritus at the

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of the University of Texas. He was awarded a

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in the mid 1950s, the earliest part of his career, to undertake research on geologically recent vertebrate fauna in

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, examining and describing fossils from the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...

epoch and later. In 2008 Lundelius was distinguished by the Texas Academy of Sciences as their scientist of the year.

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{{authority control American paleontologists American mammalogists Vertebrate paleontologists Presidents of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology