George F. Sternberg (1883-1969) was a paleontologist best known for his discovery in Gove County, Kansas of the "fish-within-a-fish" fossil specimenof Xiphactinus audax. Xiphactinus audax Leidy (from Latin and Greek for "audacious Sword -ray" was a large 4 He was the son of Charles Hazelius Sternberg and nephew of Brig. Gen. George M. Sternberg (1838-1915). Charles Hazelius Sternberg ( June 15 1850 &ndash July 20 1943) was an American Fossil collector and amateur paleontologist Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg ( June 8, 1838 – November 3, 1915) was a U The Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas is named for him and other members of his fossil collecting family.