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Robert W. (Robert Warren) Wilson
1909–2006
A leading American vertebrate paleontologist, he spent decades tracing the history of fossil mammals in North America and helped shape museum-based research in the field. His long career connected careful geology, fieldwork, and a deep interest in the mammals of the Tertiary and Quaternary eras.
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Preliminary Survey of a Paleocene Faunule from the Angels Peak Area, New Mexico
by Robert W. (Robert Warren) Wilson
About the author
Robert Warren Wilson (1909–2006) was an American vertebrate paleontologist best known for his work on fossil mammals, especially those from the Tertiary and Quaternary of North America. He studied geology at the California Institute of Technology, earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1932 and completing his doctorate in 1936.
Over the course of his career, he was associated with the Carnegie Institution, the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, and the South Dakota School of Mines and Geology's museum. Archival records from the University of Kansas describe a body of work that included correspondence, research, criticism, and career scrapbooks spanning many decades.
Wilson's standing in the field was strong enough that a 1984 Carnegie Museum of Natural History volume was published in his honor, bringing together papers in vertebrate paleontology along with biographical material and a bibliography of his work. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the pages checked, so no profile photo is included here.