Mark Norell
Mark Allen Norell (born July 26, 1957) is an American vertebrate paleontologist. 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.
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| Born | July 26, 1957 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Alma mater | Long Beach State University (AB) San Diego State University (MS in Geology) Yale University (PhD) |
| Awards | Orbis Pictus Award, Scientific American's Young Readers Book of the Year Award, New York City Leader of the Year |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | paleontology, cladistics, molecular genetics |
| Institutions | American Museum of Natural History |
Norell is both a fellow of the Explorer's Club and the Willi Hennig Society.
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