Top Results for Sauropods

Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla is an American vertebrate paleontologist and professor at the University of Michigan. His research focuses extensively on the anatomy, evolution, and biogeography of dinosaurs, particularly sauropods. He has conducted significant fieldwork and research in India, contributi...

Charles W. Gilmore (1874–1945) was an American vertebrate paleontologist who spent the majority of his career as a curator at the United States National Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. He became an associate curator in 1903 and later served as the senior curator of paleontology, focusing heav...

José Luis Carballido is an Argentine paleontologist affiliated with the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF) in Trelew, Patagonia. He has participated in the excavation and description of several significant dinosaur fossils from Patagonia, including the titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum, describ...

Matthew J. Wedel is an American vertebrate paleontologist who specializes in the anatomy of sauropod dinosaurs and the evolution of skeletal pneumaticity. In 2000, he co-described the massive Early Cretaceous sauropod "Sauroposeidon" based on fossils found in Oklahoma. Wedel is also a professor of a...

Charles Whitney Gilmore (1874-1945) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the United States National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He conducted field expeditions and described or studied Mesozoi...

Bernardo González Riga is an Argentine paleontologist and researcher known for his extensive work on Cretaceous-period sauropod dinosaurs. Operating primarily out of Mendoza Province, he has led excavations and described several significant titanosaur species, including Mendozasaurus neguyelap and t...

Mike P. Taylor is a British vertebrate paleontologist whose research focuses on the anatomy, taxonomy, and evolution of sauropod dinosaurs. He is a co-founder, alongside Matt Wedel and Darren Naish, of Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week (SV-POW!), a blog dedicated to discussions of sauropod verte...

Matthew J. Wedel is an American paleontologist who has published research on sauropod dinosaurs, with particular focus on vertebral pneumaticity and the evolution of the respiratory system. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has held academic positions teaching anatomy...

Michael A. Taylor is a British paleontologist and museum researcher who served as a curator of vertebrate paleontology at National Museums Scotland and is now a research associate there. His work includes the anatomy and lifestyle of Jurassic marine reptiles, especially plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs,...

Yoichi Azuma is a Japanese paleontologist, geologist, and museum curator associated with the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. He served as its director and later special director, and he coauthored the 2003 description of Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian. His research and...

Ronan Allain is a French paleontologist and zoologist affiliated with the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, where he studies fossil reptiles. His research primarily focuses on theropod and sauropod dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era. In 2012, he co-authored the description of *Ichthyovenat...

John A. Whitlock is an American vertebrate paleontologist whose studies of sauropod skulls and teeth clarified how long-necked dinosaurs divided food resources.

John A. Whitlock is a vertebrate paleontologist whose research centers on the systematics, anatomy, ecology, and evolution of sauropod dinosaurs. In a study of diplodocoids, he compared snout shape and dental microwear to infer feeding height and feeding strategy. The analysis identified evidence fo...

Scott Hocknull is an Australian vertebrate paleontologist and Queensland Museum researcher whose work focuses on Australian dinosaurs, extinct megafauna, and palaeoecology. He has authored descriptions of several Queensland dinosaurs, including the sauropods Diamantinasaurus matildae, Wintonotitan w...

Jorge Orlando Calvo was an Argentine geologist and vertebrate paleontologist who worked in Neuquén Province and at the National University of Comahue. He directed the paleontological center at Lago Barreales and helped establish Proyecto Dino, a research and educational program built around fossil s...

P. Martin Sander is a German vertebrate paleontologist who has served as a professor at the University of Bonn. He is widely recognized in the scientific community for his extensive research on the bone histology and gigantism of sauropod dinosaurs. In 2006, Sander was part of the team that describe...

Jean Le Loeuff is a French paleontologist and director of the Dinosauria museum in Espéraza, noted for research on Late Cretaceous European dinosaurs.

Jeffrey A. Wilson is an American vertebrate paleontologist and professor at the University of Michigan whose research focuses primarily on sauropod dinosaurs. His work examines sauropod anatomy, evolutionary relationships, and fossil remains from regions including India, Africa, and North America. W...

Paul Upchurch is a British vertebrate paleontologist at UCL specializing in sauropod systematics and a 1995 review of sauropod evolutionary history.

Virginia Tidwell is an American vertebrate paleontologist who has contributed to the study of Jurassic dinosaurs, with a specific focus on sauropod systematics. She is noted for her research regarding the anatomical mechanics and evolution of long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs. In 2001, she co-author...

Kristina Curry Rogers is an American vertebrate paleontologist whose research concentrates on sauropod dinosaurs, bone histology, growth, and evolution. She co-described Rapetosaurus krausei, a titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, in a 2001 paper published in Nature. Her work uses foss...

Mathew J. Wedel is an American vertebrate paleontologist and anatomist whose research focuses on sauropod dinosaurs, particularly their vertebrae, respiratory anatomy, and skeletal pneumaticity. He is affiliated with Western University of Health Sciences, where his anatomical work connects fossil in...

Leonardo Salgado is an Argentine paleontologist whose research focuses principally on sauropod dinosaurs from South America, including their anatomy, evolution, and classification. He has described or studied numerous Cretaceous fossils from Patagonia and has contributed extensively to knowledge of...

Philip Mannion is a British vertebrate paleontologist specializing in the evolution, taxonomy, and biogeography of sauropod dinosaurs. He has conducted extensive fieldwork and research on fossil reptiles across multiple continents, including Africa and South America. In 2015, he co-authored the desc...

You Hailu is a Chinese paleontologist affiliated with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. He is recognized for his extensive research on ornithischian dinosaurs, with a particular focus on early ceratopsians. In 2006, he co-authored the description of Yinlong d...

Michael P. Taylor is a British vertebrate paleontologist and computer programmer who specializes in the anatomy of sauropod dinosaurs. In 2007, he co-authored the description of the sauropod dinosaur Xenoposeidon, and he later helped name Brontomerus. He is also a co-founder of the paleontology blog...

Jorge Orlando Calvo (1961-2023) was an Argentine geologist and paleontologist whose research focused on dinosaurs and other fossils from Patagonia. He founded the Paleontological Museum of Rincón de los Sauces in 2000 and the Centro Paleontológico Lago Barreales in 2002, and worked with the National...

Kenneth Lacovara is an American paleontologist and geologist known for discovering and leading the study of Dreadnoughtus schrani, a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from southern Patagonia. His team announced the dinosaur in 2014 after excavating an unusually substantial fossil skeleton. His work ha...

Emanuel Tschopp is a vertebrate paleontologist whose research includes sauropod dinosaurs, particularly diplodocids. He was a lead author of a 2015 study with Octávio Mateus and Roger Benson that analyzed the anatomy and relationships of diplodocid fossils. The study proposed recognizing Brontosauru...