Charles Schuchert

Charles Schuchert (3 July 1858 – 20 November 1942) was an American invertebrate paleontologist who was a leader in the development of paleogeography, the study of the distribution of lands and seas in the geological past. During the 1880s he made a living drawing fossil illustrations for state geological surveys, while continuing to search for specimens for his own growing collection. After serving as curator of the U.S. National Museum (1894–1904) Schuchert joined the Yale University faculty following their first invertebrate paleontologist, Charles E. Beecher.

Schuchert coined the term paleobiology in 1904.