Paul Sereno
Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is a professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic "explorer-in-residence" who has discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents, including at sites in Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco and Niger. One of his most widely publicized discoveries is that of a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator — popularly known as SuperCroc — at Gadoufaoua in the Tenere desert of Niger.
Paul C. Sereno | |
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Sereno in 2010 | |
| Born | October 11, 1957 Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Northern Illinois University (B.S., Biological Sciences, 1979) Columbia University (M.A., Vertebrate Paleontology, 1981; M. Phil., Geological Sciences, 1981; Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 1987) |
| Known for | Discoveries in paleontology; founder of Project Exploration |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology (vertebrate) |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral students | Jeffrey A. Wilson |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Sereno |
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