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February 8:

 * 1835 - The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on its second voyage, arrived at Valdivia, Chile.
 * 1839 - Gustav Karl Laube was born in Teplitz, Czech Republic.
 * 1883 - Peter Merian died in Basel, Switzerland at age 87.
 * 1889 - Arthur Bache Walkom was born in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.
 * 1939 - Cyril Walker was born.

New Specimens of Nemegtomaia from the Baruungoyot and Nemegt Formations (Late Cretaceous) of Mongolia

Federico Fanti, Philip J. Currie, Demchig Badamgarav

published 08 Feb 2012