Charles Lewis Camp
Encyclopedia
Charles Lewis Camp was a notable palaeontologist and zoologist
, working from the University of California, Berkeley
. He took part in excavations at the 'Placerias
Quarry', in 1930 and the 40 Shonisaurus skeleton discoveries of the 1960, in what is now the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
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Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, working from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He took part in excavations at the 'Placerias
Placerias
Placerias was a dicynodont that lived during the late Carnian age of the Triassic Period...
Quarry', in 1930 and the 40 Shonisaurus skeleton discoveries of the 1960, in what is now the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
The environment of Nevada comprises diverse biotas, climates, and geologies. Environmental regulations and the environmental movement have aimed to respond to environmental threats.-Renewable Portfolio Standard:...
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Publications
- California mosasaurs (Berkeley, Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1942).
- Classification of the lizards (New York, N.Y., 1923, reprinted in 1971). This was his doctorate thesis.
- Earth song: a prologue to history (Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1952).
- Bibliography of fossil vertebrates 1944-1948 (Geological Society of America, New York,1953) co-author Morton Green (1917-2003).
- A Study of the Phytosaurs, with description of new material from Western North America (Berkeley, Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1930).
- Methods in Paleontology (California, University of California Press, 1937) co-author G Dallas Hanna (1887-1970).