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Etymology
Dawson + -i. From English Dawson (“surname”) + Latin -i
- (Eoanthropus dawsoni): Named after British amateur naturalist Charles Dawson, the discoverer of Piltdown Man, a hoax human ancestor from Piltdown, Sussex, England, UK.
- (Quetzalcoatlus dawsoni): Named after American paleontologist Douglas Lawson, who discovered Quetzalcoatlus
Adjective
dawsoni
- (taxonomy) A species descriptor for species related to Dawson.
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