Catherine Forster | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago |
| Known for | Dinosaur-bird evolution theories |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | George Washington University |
Catherine Ann Forster is an American paleontologist, taxonomist and expert in ornithopod evolution and Triceratops taxonomy.[1] She is a Professor in the Geological Sciences Program and the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University. She obtained a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1982, followed by an M.Sc. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania. She then completed post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago between 1990 and 1994 in their department of Organismal Biology.[2] She is known in part for unique bird fossils she and her colleagues have found and described from Madagascar.[3][4][5]