Posted for Tom Johnson.
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I'm sure that the upcoming obituaries will address the many contributions and accomplishments of Dale A. Russell. Of course his dinosauroid model made headlines, but that was just another manifestation of his ability to see the âbig picture.â Iâd encourage anyone unfamiliar with Dale Russell to go to the university library and get two books in particular: A Vanished World, and An Odyssey In Time. He used a multidisciplinary approach to understand dinosaurs and their world, and wrote about it in an entertaining manner.
Tom JohnsonGreetings,We have very few details on this at present, but Dale Russell (noted Canadian paleontologist who did extensive work on dinosaursÂand other Mesozoic reptiles, among other topics) passed away on Dec. 21 last year. Obituary is forthcoming.--Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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