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Online Publication Date: 16 Dec 2014

Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897): Naturalist, Namesake, Icon

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Page Range: 747 – 761
DOI: 10.1643/OT-14-172
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Copyright: 2014 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Edward Drinker Cope. (A) At about age 6, right, with his sister Mary Anna Cope (from Osborn, 1931:fig. 30). (B) At age 10 (from Osborn, 1931:fig. 5). (C) In 1892, at age 52 or 53 (from Frazer, 1897). (D) In 1896 at the AAAS meeting in Buffalo, New York, and the last known photo of Cope, at age 56 (photo by Dr. F. C. Robinson; from Gill, 1897).

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Fig. 2.

Two views of Edward Drinker Cope's study at his 2100 Pine Street home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1897. Photos retrieved from Library of Congress Prints and Photo Online Catalog (Photo copyright by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication).

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Fig. 3.

Fish specimens of Edward Drinker Cope. (A) Chrosomus eos, the first fish species to be described by Cope (ANSP 22116; holotype). Scale bar equals 1 cm. Photo by Kyle R. Luckenbill. (B, C) †Crossopholis magnicaudatus from the Late Eocene Green River Formation, described by Cope (B, AMNH 2455, holotype, posterior trunk and caudal fin; C, AMNH 2454, specimen later referred to by Cope, crushed skull in left dorsolateral view. Photos by Lance Grande). (D) Zoarces anguillaris (ANSP 77967). (E) Pseudorhombus vorax (ANSP 78043). (D, E) These specimens are part of the Hyrtl collection of fish skeletons purchased by Cope and used in the formulation of his classification of fishes. Scale bars equal 5 cm. Photos by Mark Sabaj Pérez.

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Fig. 4.

Cope's (1883a) Bible. (A) Title page. (B) Plate 21, showing †“Crocodylus” affinis from the Green River Formation. (C) Plate 8, showing fishes from the Green River Formation, including †Phareodus testis (1, 2), †Diplomystus dentatus (3), and †Priscacara serrata (4).

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Fig. 5.

Herpetological specimens described by Edward Drinker Cope. (A) Gyalopion canum Cope, 1860, holotype (USNM 5284). Scale bar equals 1 cm. (B) Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869c, holotype (USNM 2971). Scale bar equals 5 cm. Photos in A and B taken by James A. Poindexter, II and provided courtesy of Ken Tighe. (C) †Amphibamus grandiceps Cope, 1865b (UC 2000) from the Pennsylvanian Carbondale Formation (Mazon Creek), in part and counterpart. Scale bar equals 1 cm. Photo by Bill Simpson.

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Fig. 6.

Cope (1889). (A) Title page. (B) Plate 10, showing the skeleton of Amphiuma means ( = A. tridactylum; Two-toed Amphiuma).

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Fig. 7.

Cope (1886). Title page (above) and dedication (below).

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