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Portrait of Richard Owen with moa leg

  • 1894

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Portrait photo engraving of English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist Richard Owen (1804-1892) taken from an 1846 daguerreotype. Owen stands holding the leg bone of a moa, an extinct bird once found in New Zealand. Owen published extensively on fossils and is famously known for coining the word Dinosauria. He also named the Dinornis after discovering its existence based on its skeletal remains.

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Walker & Boutall. “Portrait of Richard Owen with Moa Leg.” The Life of Richard Owen, Volume 1. London, England: John Murray (Firm), 1894. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/wqhdmzp.

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