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Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American paleontologist who served as a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is recognized for his extensive research on the anatomy, evolution, and phylogeny of late Paleozoic and Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates, particularly Triassic reptiles. Over his career, he has described numerous extinct species and was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Prize in 2010 for his contributions to the field.
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Who is Hans-Dieter Sues?
Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American paleontologist. He served as a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
What does Hans-Dieter Sues study?
His research covers the anatomy, evolution, and phylogeny of late Paleozoic and Mesozoic vertebrates. That includes fossil animals from major periods before and during the age of dinosaurs.
Where did Hans-Dieter Sues work as a curator?
He served at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. His curatorial field was vertebrate paleontology, the study of fossil animals with backbones.
What does vertebrate paleontology mean in Hans-Dieter Sues's work?
Vertebrate paleontology examines the fossils and evolutionary history of animals with backbones. Sues's work focuses especially on their anatomy, relationships, and changes through late Paleozoic and Mesozoic time.
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