J. Willis Stovall

John Willis Stovall (1891– 24 July 1953) was a paleontologist at the University of Oklahoma. Along with his student Wann Langston, Jr., he named the theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus in 1950. Most of his research centered on the Cimarron Valley region of extreme northwestern Oklahoma.

Selected publication

Stovall, J.W., & W. Langston, Jr. 1950. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, a new genus and species of Lower Cretaceous Theropoda from Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 43(4): 686-728.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 112219557 ISNI: 0000 0001 1005 3526

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