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Cyril Alexander Walker (1939–6 May 2009) was a British palaeontologist, curator of fossil birds in the Natural History Museum. His another interest was fossil turtles.

Walker joined the Museum in 1958 and have spent his entire career there, becoming curator in 1985.

Walker’s most outstanding finding was his recognition of a new subclass of fossils birds, Enantiornithes.

Together with David Ward, he co-authored a best selling book, Smithsonian Handbook of Fossils. He has also contributed to many other books, including Garden Birds, Field Guide to British Birds, Birds of the World, Nature Notebooks, and others.

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