Edward Drinker Cope
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Edward Drinker Cope was a prominent 19th-century American paleontologist and comparative anatomist known for his extensive fossil discoveries and his role in the "Bone Wars" rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Drinker Cope canonical | 9 |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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comparative anatomist ⓘ herpetologist ⓘ human ⓘ ichthyologist ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| academicTitle | Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1840-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| coinedTerm | Cope’s rule ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1897-04-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| describedTaxa |
Camptosaurus
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Coelophysis ⓘ Dimetrodon ⓘ Edaphosaurus ⓘ Monoclonius ⓘ various North American fossil mammals ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Westtown School ⓘ |
| employer |
Haverford College
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Cope ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative anatomy
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herpetology ⓘ ichthyology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Drinker Cope self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasRival | Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ |
| knownFor | rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Philosophical Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Cope’s rule in evolutionary biology
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description of numerous new vertebrate species ⓘ extensive fossil discoveries in North America ⓘ participation in the Bone Wars ⓘ |
| publishedWorksCount | over 1,000 scientific papers and monographs ⓘ |
| religion |
Religious Society of Friends
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Quakerism
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| studied |
Cretaceous dinosaurs of North America
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Permian vertebrates of Texas and New Mexico ⓘ fossil amphibians ⓘ fossil reptiles ⓘ |
| theorized | that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Old West
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surface form:
American West
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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