She is well known for developing the Turnover Pulse Hypothesis, as well as coining the word exaptation with colleague Stephen Jay Gould.
Elisabeth | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Elisabeth Shue | Elisabeth Frink | Queen Elisabeth Music Competition | Elisabeth (musical) | Elisabeth of Wied | Elisabeth of Bavaria | O, Vrba | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Elisabeth Sladen | Elisabeth Olin | Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony | Elisabeth Moss | Vrba, Žirovnica | Vrba | Elisabeth Rethberg | Elisabeth Grümmer | Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz | Elisabeth of Austria | Elisabeth Lloyd | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross | Elisabeth Kopp | Elisabeth Hasselbeck | Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Elisabeth Bergner | Elisabeth Andreassen | Elisabeth Welch | Elisabeth Schumann | Elisabeth of Valois |
According to Gentry (2010), the generic name "indicates an alcelaphine of the north" (differentiating it from Damalacra, the fossils of which were discovered near the Cape of Good Hope), while the specific name honors Elisabeth Vrba.