Charles Lewis Camp

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Charles Lewis Camp

Biology

#1471

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Paleontology

#20

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Zoology

#252

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Charles Lewis Camp's Degrees

• PhD Paleontology University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Zoology University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Charles Lewis Camp Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Charles Lewis Camp was a palaeontologist and zoologist, working from the University of California, Berkeley. He took part in excavations at the 'Placerias Quarry', in 1930 and the forty Shonisaurus skeleton discoveries of the 1960s, in what is now the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. Camp served as the third director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology from 1930 to 1949, and coincidentally as chair of the UC Berkeley Paleontology Department between 1939 and 1949. Camp named a number of species of marine reptiles such as Shonisaurus and Plotosaurus, as well as the dinosaur Segisaurus.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Charles Lewis Camp?

Charles Lewis Camp is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley