Richard Lydekker (July 25, 1849 London – April 16, 1915 Harpenden), British-Indian naturalist, geologist, palaeontologist and Fellow of the Royal Society.

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1876-80

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1881–84

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1884–86

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1884

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1889

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  • Nicholson, H.A. & Lydekker, R. 1889. A manual of palæontology for the use of students, with a general introduction on the principles of palaeontology, volume II. 3rd ed., Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh / London: 889–1624 pp. Reference page

1890

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  • Lydekker, R. 1890. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and supplement. London: British Museum (Natural History). BHL Reference page

1891

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1893

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1894

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  • Lydekker, R. "1893" [1894?]. Contributions to a Knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina [Contribuciones al Conocimiento de los Vertebrados Fósiles de la Argentina]. 1.—The Dinosaurs of Patagonia [Los Dinosaurios de Patagonia]. 1–17. 2.—Cetacean Skulls from Patagonia [Cráneos de Cetáceos de Patagonia]. 1–13. 3.—A Study of the Extinct Ungulates of Argentina [Estudio Sobre los Ungulados Extinguidos de la Argentina]. 1–91. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina II. BHL Reference page
  • Lydekker, R. 1894. Contributions to a Knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. Part II. [Contribuciones al Conocimiento de los Vertebrados Fósiles de la Argentina. Parte II.]. 1.—Supplemental Observations on the Extinct Ungulates of Argentina [Observaciones Suplementales sobre los Ungulados Extinguidos de la Argentina]. 1–6. 2.—The Extinct Edentates of Argentina [Los Edentados Extinguidos de la Argentina]. 1–118. 3.—On Two Argentine Extinct Carnivores [Sobre dos Carnivoros Argentinos Extinguidos]. 1–4. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina III. BHL Reference page

1895

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1900

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1903

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  • Lydekker, R. 1903. Local Variation in the Giraffe. Animal Life and the World of Nature: a magazine of natural history 2: 78–84, 121–122. BHL Reference page

1904

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1906

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1911

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1913

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  • Lydekker, R. 1913. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. I. Artiodactyla, family Bovidæ, subfamilies Bovinæ to Ovibovinæ (cattle, sheep, goats, chamois, serows, takin, musk-oxen, etc.). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. i–xvii, 1–249. BHL Reference page

1914

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  • Lydekker, R. 1914. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. II. Artiodactyla, family Bovidæ, subfamilies Bubalinæ to Reduncinæ (hartebeests, gnus, duikers, dik-diks, klipspringers, reedbucks, waterbucks, etc.). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. i–xvi, 1–295. BHL Reference page
  • Lydekker, R. 1914. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Artiodactyla, family Bovidæ, subfamilies Aecyperotinæ to Tragelaphinæ (pala, saiga, gazelles, oryx group, bushbucks, kudus, elands, etc.). London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. i–xv, 1–283. BHL Reference page

1915

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  • Lydekker, R. 1915. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla, families Cervidæ (deer), Tragulidæ (chevrotains), Camelidæ (camels and llamas), Suidæ (pigs and peccaries), and Hippopotamidæ (hippopotamuses). Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum Catalogue. 438 pp. BHL Reference page

1916

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  • Lydekker, R. 1916. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. V. Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (hyraxes), Proboscidea (elephants). With addenda to the earlier volumes. London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum. i–xlv, 1–207. BHL Reference page


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