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August 24:

• 1824 - Antonio Stoppani was born in Lecco, Italy.
• 1831 - August Henslow wrote a letter to Charles Darwin urging him to take the supernumerary naturalist position aboard the HMS Beagle, which was being prepared for its second voyage.
• 1954 - James Kirkland was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
• 2011 - Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov died in Moscow, Russia.

A New Ankylosaurid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with Implications for Ankylosaurid Diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of Western North America

Victoria M. Arbour, Michael E. Burns, Robert M. Sullivan, Spencer G. Lucas, Amanda K. Cantrell, Joshua Fry, Thomas L. Suazo

published 24 Sep 2014