Desmond H. Collins is a

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paleontologist, associate professor of

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at the

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and retired curator of invertebrate paleontology at the

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. He is most renowned for his work on the Burgess Shale.

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External links

Desmond H. Collins at Wikispecies

The "Evolution" of Anomalocaris and Its Classification in the Arthropod Class Dinocarida (nov.) and Order Radiodonta (nov.)
Desmond Collins, March 1996, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 70, No. 2., pp. 280–293
The arthropod Alalcomenaeus cambricus Simonetta, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia
Briggs, D. E G. and D. Collins, 1999, Palaeontology 42, pp. 953–977 University of Toronto faculty Canadian paleontologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Paleontologist-stub