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Peter Dodson is an American paleontologist who has served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Earth and Environmental Science. He is known for research on horned dinosaurs (Ceratopsia) and has described multiple dinosaur genera. He co-edited the reference volume The Dinosauria and has contributed extensively to ceratopsian systematics, including studies of Psittacosaurus and Triceratops relationships.
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What is Peter Dodson best known for?
Peter Dodson is an American paleontologist and Professor of Anatomy Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. His research is especially associated with horned dinosaurs, or ceratopsians.
Which dinosaur did Peter Dodson name in 1986?
Dodson formally described the horned dinosaur Avaceratops lammersi in 1986. The fossils came from Montana's Judith River Formation.
What is Auroraceratops, and how was Dodson involved?
Auroraceratops is a small, bipedal horned dinosaur from China that Dodson and colleagues named in 2004. Its name means dawn's horned face and honors Dodson's wife, Dawn.
What dinosaur books and references did Peter Dodson write?
Dodson wrote The Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History, published by Princeton University Press in 1996. He also co-edited The Dinosauria, whose first edition appeared in 1990 and became a major scholarly reference.
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