Michael Benton | |
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![]() Michael Benton at the Royal Society admissions day in London in 2014 | |
Born | Michael James Benton 8 April 1956[2] |
Nationality | British |
Education | Robert Gordon's College |
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Known for | Bentonyx |
Awards | Lyell Medal (2005) |
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Institutions | University of Bristol |
Thesis | The Triassic reptile Hyperodapedon from Elgin, functional morphology and relationships (1981) |
Website | www |
Michael James Benton OBE FRS FRSE[3][4] (born 8 April 1956[2]) is a British palaeontologist, and professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.[5][6][7] His published work has mostly concentrated on the evolution of Triassic reptiles but he has also worked on extinction events and faunal changes in the fossil record.[1][8][9]
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