Douglas Emlong, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDouglas Emlong
American amateur paleontologist
Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1942
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1980
Profession: paleontologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Douglas Emlong
- 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' fossil collector with 'Promethian prowess in discovery of unprecedented vertebrate fossils', 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.
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