Michael Benton

Michael James " Mike" Benton ( born April 8, 1956) is a professor of vertebrate paleontology at the " Department of Earth Sciences" of the University of Bristol. Since 2001 he is "Head of Department". Benton is the author of numerous non-fiction books; many of them have also been published in German.

Life and work

Michael Benton since the late 1970s has published numerous scientific papers, which are in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, published. In addition, he also appears as the author of several textbooks of Paleontology in appearance, as well as numerous popular science fiction books, especially for children, in which dinosaurs are the main focus. Benton was a scientific consultant for many television documentaries, as well as in the BBC series " Dinosaurs - In the Realm of the Giants " ( Original: "Walking with Dinosaurs "). In 2008 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

In 2005 he received the Lyell Medal.

Research priorities

  • Origin of the diversity of life
  • Nature of the fossil record
  • Pedigree reconstruction
  • Comparison of pedigree reconstruction and stratigraphy
  • Mass extinction
  • Evolution of the ecosystems of the Triassic
  • Phylogeny original Diapsiden
  • Original archosaurs
  • Origin of dinosaurs

Books (English, selection)

  • 2005 Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammals and birds of Great Britain by MJ Benton, L. Cook, D. Schreve, A Currant and JJ Hooker
  • 2005 Vertebrate palaeontology ( Third Edition )
  • Permian and Triassic red beds in 2002 and the Penarth Group of Great Britain by MJ Benton, E. Cook and PJ Turner
  • 2000 The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, Edited by Benton MJ, Unwin DM, MA Shishkin and EN Kurochkin
  • 2000 Walking with dinosaurs: the facts
  • 1997 Basic palaeontology by MJ Benton and DAT Harper
  • 1997 Vertebrate palaeontology (Second Edition)
  • 1996 The Penguin historical atlas of the dinosaurs
  • 1996 The Viking atlas of evolution by R. Osborne and MJ Benton
  • 1995 Fossil reptiles of Great Britain by MJ Benton and PS Spencer
  • 1993 Extinct animals. In The Guinness book of records
  • 1993 The fossil record 2, edited by MJ Benton
  • 1991 The rise of the mammals
  • 1991 The reign of the reptiles
  • 1990 On the trail of the dinosaurs
  • 1990 Vertebrate palaeontology: biology and evolution, London, Boston: Unwin Hyman
  • 1988, The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods, Volume 1 and 2 edited by MJ Benton

Books ( German )

  • 2007 vertebrate paleontology ( translated by Prof. Dr. Hans -Ulrich Pfretzschner ), Munich: Arrow
  • 2007 dinosaurs. An atlas of ancient times ( John Malam, John Woodward and Michael Benton )
  • 2001 The large colored Dinosaur Encyclopedia. With many other Urwelttieren
  • 2000 The evolution of life on Earth. 3.5 billion years of evolution
  • 2000 The Big Book of Dinosaurs. Behavior, fossils, finds, nests, extinction
  • 1997 dinosaurs
  • 1992 questions and knowledge, dinosaurs
  • 1991 My First Book of Dinosaurs
  • 1991 animals of antiquity from A - Z
  • 1990 Dinosaurs from A - Z
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