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    Otto Karl Josef Zdansky (28 November 1894, Vienna – 26 December 1988, Uppsala) was an Austrian paleontologist. He graduated from the Philosophical School...
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  • palaeosinensis was first described in 1924 as Felis paleosinensis by Otto Zdansky in his work "Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas". The dating is not certain...
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    discovered by Johan Gunnar Andersson in 1921, and was first excavated by Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923, unearthing two human teeth. These were later identified...
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  • fossils excavated near Wanhsien in southern China's Sichuan Province. Otto Zdansky named it Felis acutidens. After the fossils were re-examined in 1947...
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    Dinofelis (category Taxa named by Otto Zdansky)
    ago, in the Late Miocene. The genus Dinofelis was originally named by Otto Zdansky in 1924 for the species Dinofelis abeli. Further fossil species were...
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  • Austrian paleontologist, Otto Zdansky, fresh with his doctoral degree from Vienna, came to Beijing to work for Andersson. Zdansky conducted short-term excavations...
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  • described in 1916 and assigned to Machairodus schlosseri by Alexejew, though Otto Zdansky in 1924 expressed doubt as to that identification based on Alexejew's...
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    collection contains three teeth of the Peking Man, found by paleontologist Otto Zdansky during an expedition to Zhoukoudian in 1921. Due to its large collection...
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    of prehistoric man, he sent his assistant, Otto Zdansky to the area and ordered him to excavate it. Zdansky returned and conducted further excavations...
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    and Chinese scientists. In summer 1926, two molars were discovered by Otto Zdansky, who headed the excavations and who described them in 1927 (Bulletin...
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    Indian politician, assassinated Pablo Sorozábal, 91, Spanish composer Otto Zdansky, 94, Austrian paleontologist Near Munshiganj, Bangladesh, a cargo vessel...
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    Gunnar Andersson and Tan Xichou. In March 1923, the Austrian student Otto Zdansky excavated two skeletons at sites about three kilometres apart and the...
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    archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson was teaching Austrian palaeontologist Otto Zdansky and American archaeologist Walter Granger on the Zhoukoudian site. At...
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    Peking man (Sinanthropus pekinensis). The first fossil was retrieved by Otto Zdansky (1894-1988) near the village of Chou K'ou-tien (China) after the Swedish...
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    hominid tooth at Zhoukoudian was made in 1921 by another paleontologist, Otto Zdansky. Granger's work in China also took him to the Three Gorges area of the...
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    Kitchener in 2011. The specific name honors the Austrian paleontologist Otto A. Zdansky for his contributions to the understanding of Neogene Chinese fossil...
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    collected from the Wangshi Group in Shandong, China by H. C. T'an and Otto Zdansky and was described as Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri by Buffetaut (1995). Pinacosaurus...
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    femur and a dermal scute." Remains collected in 1923 by H. C. T’an and Otto Zdansky and mentioned by Buffetaut (1995) Shantungosaurus S. giganteus Xingezhuang...
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    repatriated to China after study. Wiman sent a few of his students, namely Otto Zdansky, Birger Bohlin, Torsten J. Ringström and Erik Stensiö from Sweden, as...
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    they were excavated by Tan's associate, the Austrian paleontologist Otto Zdansky. Although the specimen was originally rather complete, only parts could...
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  • Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is excavated a second time by Otto Zdansky under the supervision of Johan Gunnar Andersson. New excavations at Viroconium...
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  • excavated from the Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China by his assistant Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923. Dorothy Garrod finds 'Gibraltar 2', fossilized components...
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  • titanosauriform dinosaur Euhelopus was excavated at this formation by Otto Zdansky in 1923, in green/yellow sandstone and green/yellow siltstone that were...
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    described the new species Mosasaurus nigeriensis from Nigeria. 1935 Otto Zdansky reported that eight species of mosasaurs had been discovered in Egypt...
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  • (China) Mikhail Zalessky (Russia, 1877-1946) Lindsay Zanno (United States) Otto Zdansky (Austria, 1894-1988) Charles René Zeiller (France, 1847-1915) Zhao Xijin...
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  • A third premolar is discovered in materials sent back to Sweden by Otto Zdansky from his excavations of the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, China in...
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  • at Zhoukoudian, China is first excavated by Austrian palaeontologist Otto Zdansky. Excavations at Beit She'an by the University of Pennsylvania begin (continue...
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  • from the Upper Cretaceous of Niger". Palaeontology. 34 (3): 653–670. Zdansky, Otto (1934). "The Occurrence of Mosasaurs in Egypt and in Africa in general"...
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