J. Willis Stovall
Encyclopedia
John Willis Stovall was a paleontologist at the University of Oklahoma
. Along with his student Wann Langston, Jr.
, he named the theropod dinosaur
Acrocanthosaurus
in 1950. Most of his research centered on the Cimarron Valley region of extreme northwestern Oklahoma.
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
. Along with his student Wann Langston, Jr.
Wann Langston, Jr.
Wann Langston, Jr. is an American paleontologist and professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked on a number of different reptiles and amphibians in his long career, beginning with the 1950 description of the theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus...
, he named the theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that existed in what is now North America during the Aptian and early Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Like most dinosaur genera, Acrocanthosaurus contains only a single species, A. atokensis. Its fossil remains are found mainly in the U.S...
in 1950. Most of his research centered on the Cimarron Valley region of extreme northwestern Oklahoma.
Selected publication
- Stovall, J.W., & W. Langston, Jr. 1950. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, a new genus and species of Lower Cretaceous Theropoda from Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 43(4): 686-728.