Mark Norell

Mark Norell
Born (1957-07-26) July 26, 1957 (age 67)
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States[1]
Alma materLong Beach State University (AB)
San Diego State University (MS in Geology)
Yale University (PhD)
AwardsOrbis Pictus Award, Scientific American's Young Readers Book of the Year Award, New York City Leader of the Year
Scientific career
Fieldspaleontology, cladistics, molecular genetics
InstitutionsAmerican Museum of Natural History

Mark Allen Norell (born July 26, 1957) is an American vertebrate paleontologist.[2] He is currently the chairman of paleontology and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. He is best known as the discoverer of the first theropod embryo and for the description of feathered dinosaurs. Norell is credited with the naming of the genera Apsaravis, Byronosaurus, Citipati, Tsaagan, and Achillobator. His work regularly appears in major scientific journals (including cover stories in Science and Nature) and was listed by Time magazine as one of the ten most significant science stories of 1993, 1994 and 1996. Norell is both a fellow of the Explorer's Club and the Willi Hennig Society. He was featured in the fourth installment of Miracle Planet—a six-part documentary series that was released in 2005.

  1. ^ Mark Norell, Paleontologist Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Gardener, Ralph (June 28, 2011). "Mark Norell: The Coolest Dude Alive". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2013.