Topic: Paul Sereno
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It was a brute. It walked on two feet, with stocky limbs that appear stronger than those of a T. rex
New dinosaur species identified Aug 13, 2003
Our finds in the desert valleys in Niger show why Africa is the new frontier for seeking evidence of how dinosaurs lived
Dinosaur findings show diverse community Feb 18, 2002
This little crocodile would have been little more than an h'ors d'oevres for super croc
Dinosaur findings show diverse community Feb 18, 2002
The teeth did not interlock, as they would in a dedicated fish eater
Fossil hunters find giant crocodile Oct 25, 2001
The parallels in the skull to that in parrots, the descendants of dinosaurs most famous for their nut-cracking habits, is remarkable
First nut-eating dinosaur revealed Jun 25, 2009
Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is an American paleontologist who is the discoverer of several new dinosaur species on several continents. He has conducted excavations at sites as varied as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco, and Niger. He is a professor at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic "explorer-in-residence." The son of a mailman and an art teacher at Prairie Elementary, Paul grew up in Naperville, Illinois and graduated from Naperville Central High School.
Sereno's most widely publicized discovery is that of a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator (popularly known as SuperCroc) at Gadoufaoua in the Tenere desert of Niger. Other major discoveries include Eoraptor (the oldest known dinosaur fossil), Jobaria, the first good skull of Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis, Afrovenator, Suchomimus, and the African pterosaur.
On August 14th 2008, it was revealed that Sereno had uncovered a large Stone Age cemetery in Sahara, and together with a team of archaeologists had worked on it the last eight years.
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