- Richard Lydekker
Richard Lydekker (
July 25 ,1849 -April 16 ,1915 ) was an English naturalist,geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history.Lydekker was born in
London . In 1874 he joined theGeological Survey of India and made studies of the vertebrate paleontology of northern India (especiallyKashmir ). He was responsible for the cataloguing of thefossil mammal s,reptile s andbird s in theNatural History Museum . His books included "A Manual of Palaeontology" (withHenry Alleyne Nicholson , 1889) and "The Wild Animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet".Lydekker was also influential in the science of
biogeography . In 1895 he delineated the biogeographical boundary throughIndonesia , known as Lydekker's Line, that separatesWallacea on the west fromAustralia-New Guinea on the east.External links
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4015&Itemid=66 Partial bibliography] at DinoData
* [http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=s_refs&author=lydekker&year1=&year2=&title=&boolean=or Lydekkers publications] about [http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/ rhinos]
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