Paul Sereno

Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is paleontologist who was educated at the University of Chicago who has discovered several new dinosaur species from places such as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco and Niger.  One of his most widely publicized discoveries is that of a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus (known as SuperCroc). Sereno, Paul C.; Larson, Hans C. E.; Sidor, Christian A.; Gado, Boubé (2001). "The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa". Science. 294 (5546): 1516–9. Bibcode:2001Sci...294.1516S. doi:10.1126/science.1066521. PMID 11679634.

Fossil species described by Sereno or his team
Dinosaurs
Aerosteon
Afrovenator 
Significant new material of Carcharodontosaurus
Deltadromeus
Eocarcharia
Eodromaeus
Eoraptor
Erliansaurus
Graciliceratops
Significant new material of Herrerasaurus
Jobaria
Kryptops
Neimongosaurus
Nigersaurus
Pegomastax
Three new species of Psittacosaurus (P. meileyingensis, P. xinjiangensis, P. gobiensis)
Rajasaurus
Raptorex
Rugops
Significant new material from Spinosaurus
Spinostropheus
Suchomimus

Other fossil reptiles
Marasuchus, an early relative of dinosaurs
"The African Pterosaur"
Sarcosuchus imperator or SuperCroc
Anatosuchus minor or DuckCroc from Niger
Araripesuchus rattoides or RatCroc from Niger and Morocco
Kaprosuchus saharicus or BoarCroc from Niger and Morocco
Laganosuchus thaumastos or PancakeCroc from Niger and Morocco
Laganosuchus maghrebensis or PancakeCroc from Niger and Morocco

References

Category:1957 births
Category:American paleontologists
Category:Living people
Category:Scientists from Chicago
Category:People from Aurora, Illinois