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September 27:

 * 1809 - François Jules Pictet de la Rive was born in Geneva, Switzerland.
 * 1883 - Oswald Heer died in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 74.
 * 1941 - J. William Schopf was born in Urbana, Illinois, USA.
 * 1945 - Charles W. Gilmore died.
 * 1964 - Peter J. Wagner was born in the USA.

A Second Soundly Sleeping Dragon: New Anatomical Details of the Chinese Troodontid Mei long with Implications for Phylogeny and Taphonomy

Chunling Gao, Eric M. Morschhauser, David J. Varricchio, Jinyuan Liu, Bo Zhao

published 27 Sep 2012

A New Archosauriform (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern Tanzania

Sterling J. Nesbitt, Richard J. Butler, David J. Gower

published 27 Sep 2013