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[Jack] Horner was born and raised in Shelby, Montana, and attended the University of Montana for seven years, majoring in geology and zoology. He also spent two years in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during the Vietnam War in the Special Forces.

Answers.com wrote:The French zoologist and biologist Baron Georges Léopold Cuvier (1769-1832) made significant contributions in the fields of paleontology, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy and was one of the chief spokesmen for science in postrevolutionary France.

Cuvier did not live to see Charles Darwin propound his theory of evolution by natural selection, yet he is frequently portrayed as one of the most important anti-evolutionary figures in the history of biology. This reputation arose largely from the clash with his contemporaries Jean Baptiste de Lamarck and étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, who supported evolutionary ideas.

Vehrec wrote:Edward Drinker Cope and Othneil C. Marsh, the great dinosaur barrons of the Wild West. Once good friends, their rivalry began after Marsh forced Cope off his favorite fossil bed by buying the mineral rights out from under him. From 1877 to 1903, no discovery found in the United States escaped their drive to one-up and out publish the other. Today, this legendary conflict is known as 'the Bone Wars'. Through their actions, the world gained the most famous species that never was-Brontosaurs.

Darth Fanboy wrote:

Vehrec wrote:Edward Drinker Cope and Othneil C. Marsh, the great dinosaur barrons of the Wild West. Once good friends, their rivalry began after Marsh forced Cope off his favorite fossil bed by buying the mineral rights out from under him. From 1877 to 1903, no discovery found in the United States escaped their drive to one-up and out publish the other. Today, this legendary conflict is known as 'the Bone Wars'. Through their actions, the world gained the most famous species that never was-Brontosaurs.

If memory serves me at least one of those two men had their brains measured post-mortem in some sort of macabre contest that the other did not participate in.

After many years of working in hostile and extreme conditions, Cope’s overexertion over the years finally caught up with him. Cope was confined for a time to bed as his gastrointestinal problems became worse in 1897. His self medication of formalin, a substance based on formaldehyde, used to preserve specimens only made the sickness worse and on April 12, 1897 Cope died in his Pine Street home. His brain was removed and given to the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. His ashes were placed at the institute with his friends Joseph Leidy and Dr. Ryder. His bones were to be extracted and kept in a locked drawer, not to be put up on exhibit, but to be studied by anatomy students at the University. Many believed Cope had died of syphilis that he had contracted in his travels from the many women he fraternized with. However, this theory was laid to rest when Jane Davidson, author of the Bone Sharp, was able to gain permission to have the skeleton examined by a medical doctor at the university. Dr. Morrie Kricun a professor of radiology in 1995 came to the conclusion that there was absolutely no evidence of bony syphilis on Cope’s skeleton.

Wing Commander MAD wrote:Majin Gojira, what is your educataional background again, if you don't mind my asking? Was it you who were undertaking a paleontological career, or do I have you confused with someone else?

Shroom Man 777 wrote:The actual-factual paleontologists in SDNet are Innerbrat and, iirc, Kintaro. Innerbrat is, like, sexy and doing actual-factual bone diggings in the desert. I believe she also got a consulting job for some international genetics company and got a free vacation to some resort off the Central American coastline, which explains why she so seldomly posts now.

Dr. Robert Bakker always seemed to be fairly charismatic. I think he was on most of the Discovery specials on dinosaurs I grew up watching.

Wing Commander MAD wrote:Good points guys, and thanks for clearing the identity of our local boneheads up. I'll agree Raptor Red was cool, and yeah how could I forget Bakker was one of the first to champion the endothermic view.

PS: Romulan Republic I am pretty sure it was Russel who came up with the Dinosouroid, also I am pretty sure Dr. Curry was or at least used to work at/with the Royal Tyrell Museum.