Thatâs why James Farlow finds it remarkable that three noted paleontologists have called Auburn home.
The first, the late James âDickâ Beerbower, grew up in Auburn and wrote an influential textbook on the field, published in 1960.
Farlow moved from his native Huntington to Auburn when he took a position teaching geology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and became a nationally recognized expert on dinosaur footprints.
Farlow met Beerbower once in person and corresponded with him several times. However, Farlow had a much more direct relationship with the cityâs third paleontologist.
Auburn native Daniel Brinkman studied under Farlow at IPFW and became the only one of Farlowâs geology students to follow his mentorâs tracks to a career in vertebrate paleontology.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 7, 2006 file photo, life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex models are unloaded for a dinosaur exhibition in Potsdam, Germany. A study released on Thursday, April 15, 2021 calculates that 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex prowled North America over a couple million years or so, with maybe 20,000 at any given time. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner) Photo: Associated Press
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds.
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Study says 2.5 billion T. rex roamed Earth
Population existed over a couple million years By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press
Published: April 20, 2021, 6:00am
Share: Life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex models are unloaded for a dinosaur exhibition in 2006 in Potsdam, Germany. A study released on Thursday calculates that 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex prowled North America over a couple million years or so, with maybe 20,000 at any given time. (Sven Kaestner/Associated Press)
One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds.
Scientists Estimate All-time T. Rex Population Was 2.5 Billion
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A new study suggests that up to 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs lived on Earth over a period of a few million years.
However, the research shows that not many of these powerful creatures lived in the same place at the same time.
Tyrannosaurus Rex, commonly known as T. rex, existed on Earth for millions of years. Scientists involved in the study estimate about 2.5 billion of them lived over a period of 2.4 million years. The dinosaurs mostly lived in the area of the world now known as North America.