Othniel Charles Marsh (Oktober 29, 1831 – 18 Maret, 1899) iku sawijining paléontolog Amérika. Marsh iku salah siji èlmuwan pinunjul ing babagan iku; pratélan lusinan spéies lan téyori asal usulé manuk minangka salah siji karyané.

Lair saka kulawarga prasaja, Marsh bisa ngrampungaké pandhidhikan lumantar pitulung pakliké sing sugih ya iku George Peabody. Sawisé wisudha saka Yale College ing taun 1860 Marsh nglembara saperlu nyinaoni anatomi, mineralogi, lan géologi.

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Marsh njenengaké sawatara genera dhinosaurus: Allosaurus (1877), Ammosaurus (1890), Anchisaurus (1885), Apatosaurus (1877), Atlantosaurus (1877), Barosaurus (1890), Camptosaurus (1885), Ceratops (1888), Ceratosaurus (1884), Claosaurus (1890), Coelurus (1879), Creosaurus (1878), Diplodocus (1878), Diracodon (1881), Dryosaurus (1894), Dryptosaurus (1877), Labrosaurus (1896), Laosaurus (1878), Nanosaurus (1877), Nodosaurus (1889), Ornithomimus (1890), Pleurocoelus (1891), Priconodon (1888), Stegosaurus (1877), Torosaurus (1891), Triceratops (1889), Tripriodon (1889). 
Uga maringi jeneng marang subordo Ceratopsia (1890), Ceratosauria (1884), Ornithopoda (1881), Stegosauria (1877), and Theropoda. He also named the families Allosauridae (1878), Anchisauridae (1885), Camptosauridae (1885), Ceratopsidae (1890), Ceratosauridae, Coeluridae, Diplodocidae (1884), Dryptosauridae (1890), Nodosauridae (1890), Ornithomimidae (1890), Plateosauridae (1895), and Stegosauridae (1880). Dhèwèké uga maringi jeneng marang sawatara spésies dhinosaurus. 
Dhinosaurus  Othnielia dijenengaké déning P. Galton, njupuk saka jeneng tokoh iki ing taun 1977, uga  Marshosaurus bicentesmus (Madsen, 1976).

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The Scientific Contributions of Othniel Charles Marsh: Birds, Bones, and Brontotheres (Peabody Museum of Natural History Special Publication No 15) (Paperback) by Mark J. McCarren

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Pati 1899
Alumni Phillips Academy
Alumni Yale University
Alumni University of Heidelberg
Paleontologis
Lair 1831