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) |
| Scientific career | |
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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 (born 8 April 1956[2]) is a British palaeontologist, and emeritus professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.[3][4][5] 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][6][7]
- ^ a b Michael Benton publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b c Anon (2015). "Benton, Prof. Michael James". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U43387. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Liz Loeffler. "People: Earth Sciences: University of Bristol". bris.ac.uk.
- ^ Official website
- ^ "Professor Mike Benton – School of Earth Sciences". Bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Benton, M. J. (2009). "The Red Queen and the Court Jester: Species diversity and the role of biotic and abiotic factors through time". Science. 323 (5915): 728–32. Bibcode:2009Sci...323..728B. doi:10.1126/science.1157719. PMID 19197051. S2CID 206512702.
- ^ Lloyd, G. T.; Davis, K. E.; Pisani, D.; Tarver, J. E.; Ruta, M.; Sakamoto, M.; Hone, D. W. E.; Jennings, R.; Benton, M. J. (2008). "Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 275 (1650): 2483–90. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0715. PMC 2603200. PMID 18647715.
