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4 unusual facts about John Strong Newberry


Acer ashwilli

When first studied by Leo Lesquereux and John Strong Newberry the Bridge Creek flora was thought to be Miocene age, while Frank Hall Knowlton placed the flora into the Eocene Clarno Formation in 1902.

John Strong Newberry

In 1855 he joined an exploring expedition under Lieutenant Williamson, sent out by the War Department to examine the country between San Francisco and the Columbia River.

He graduated from Western Reserve University in 1846 and from Cleveland Medical School in 1848.

Tidewater goby

The genus name translates as "true cycloid goby", referring to the scales, while the species epithet is in honor of J. S. Newberry.



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