Portal:Paleontology/On this day/April 12
- 1814 - Samuel Beckles was born in Barbados.
- 1897 - Edward Drinker Cope died in hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA at age 56.
- 1947 - Martin Brasier was born in London, England.
- 2004 - Wesley Wehr died of a heart attack in Seattle, Washington, USA.