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George Fryer Sternberg

August 26, 1883 (age 86)

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George Fryer Sternberg

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George Fryer Sternberg was a paleontologist best known for his discovery in Gove County, Kansas of the "fish-within-a-fish" of Xiphactinus audax with a recently eaten Gillicus arcuatus within its stomach.

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The Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas is named for him and other members of his fossil collecting family.

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August 26, 1883
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October 23, 1969 (aged 86)
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United States

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