Savage, R. J. G. (Robert Joseph Gay), 1927-1998
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Belfast (Northern Ireland)
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Paleontology
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Paleontologists
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found: His Megistotherium, gigantic Hyaenodont from Miocene of Gebel Zelten, Libya, 1973.
found: The illustrated dinosaur encyclopedia, 2020:title page (R.J.G. Savage)
found: Wikipedia, viewed August 29, 2023(R.J.G. Savage: Robert Joseph Gay Savage (2 July 1927 - 9 May 1998) was a British palaeontologist known as Britain's leading expert on fossil mammals. He worked at the University of Bristol for nearly 40 years and studied fossils around the world, especially in North and East Africa. He produced the 1986 popular science book Mammal Evolution: An Illustrated Guide and co-edited several technical books in the Fossil Vertebrates of Africa series with fellow palaeontologist Louis Leakey. Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Died: Bristol, England) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._J._G._Savage
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1980-11-06: new
2023-09-20: revised
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