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American paleontologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglas Ralph Emlong (April 17, 1942–June 1980) was an amateur fossil collector from the Oregon Coast in the northwestern United States. His collections contributed to the discovery and description of numerous extinct marine mammal species, many of which are ancestral to extant groups. Described as an 'indefatigable'[1] fossil collector with 'Promethian prowess in discovery of unprecedented vertebrate fossils',[2] he contributed substantially to the field from the age of fourteen. The ancestral pinniped Enaliarctos emlongi was named in his honor by Annalisa Berta in 1991.[3]
Fossils discovered by Douglas Emlong include:
Marine Mammals:
Birds:
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