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Jaime Eduardo Powell
Born(1953-01-13)January 13, 1953
Córdoba, Argentina
Died1 February 2016(2016-02-01) (aged 63)

Jaime Eduardo Powell (January 13, 1953 – February 1, 2016) was an Argentine paleontologist who described the titanosaur sauropod dinosaur taxa Aeolosaurus and found evidence that titanosaurs have osteoderms.[1]

Research

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Powell described the first convincing fossil evidence that titanosaurs had osteoderms.[2]

Taxa named

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References

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  1. ^ "Despiden a Jaime Powell, destacado paleontólogo - La Gaceta". lagaceta.com.ar. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. ^ Powell, J. E. (1980). "Sobre la presencia de una armadura dérmica en algunos dinosaurios titanosáuridos". Acta Geologica Lilloana. 15: 41–47.
  3. ^ Powell, Jaime Eduardo (1987). "The Late Cretaceous fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina. Part VI. The titanosaurids". Revista del Museo Argentino de Siencias Naturales. 3: 111–142.