Michael Benton

Michael Benton

OBE FRS FRSE
Michael Benton; OBE FRS FRSE
	Michael Benton at the Royal Society admissions day in London in 2014
Born	Michael James Benton; 8 April 1956; Scotland
Nationality	British
Education	Robert Gordon's College
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen (BSc); Newcastle University (PhD);
Known for	Bentonyx
Awards	Lyell Medal (2005)
	Scientific career
Fields	Palaeobiology; Palaeontology; Macroevolution;
Institutions	University of Bristol
Thesis	The Triassic reptile Hyperodapedon from Elgin, functional morphology and relationships (1981)
Website	www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/people/mike-j-benton

Michael James Benton OBE FRS FRSE (born 8 April 1956) is a British palaeontologist, and professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. 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.

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