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Career

· Distinguished Professor and Curator Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley1980–2020
· Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley1980–2020
· Curator of Paleontology, University of California Museum of Paleontology1980–
· Ph.D. in Biology, Yale University1980–
· Bachelor of Science in Natural Science, Colgate University
· Master of Arts in Teaching, Colgate University
· Science Teacher, Public Schools in New York State

Publications (229)

The origin and early evolution of birds
1998
395
cited
LONG BONE HISTOLOGY OF THE HADROSAURID DINOSAUR MAIASAURA PEEBLESORUM: GROWTH DYNAMICS AND PHYSIOLOGY BASED ON AN ONTOGENETIC SERIES OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS
2000
360
cited
Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals
1992
349
cited
Dinosaurian growth rates and bird origins
Nature · 2001
257
cited
A Late Triassic Dinosauromorph Assemblage from New Mexico and the Rise of Dinosaurs
Science · 2007
248
cited
Variation in dinosaur skeletochronology indicators: implications for age assessment and physiology
Paleobiology · 1999
244
cited
GROWTH IN SMALL DINOSAURS AND PTEROSAURS: THE EVOLUTION OF ARCHOSAURIAN GROWTH STRATEGIES
2004
209
cited
Encyclopedia of dinosaurs
1997
205
cited
The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs
1989
199
cited
Comparative osteohistology of some embryonic and perinatal archosaurs: developmental and behavioral implications for dinosaurs
Paleobiology · 2001
192
cited
A functional analysis of flying and walking in pterosaurs
Paleobiology · 1983
171
cited
Age and growth dynamics of Tyrannosaurus rex†
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences · 2004
163
cited
On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: Complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic signal” in bone histology
2008
160
cited
On the bone histology of some Triassic pseudosuchian archosaurs and related taxa
2003
158
cited
Cretaceous extinctions: multiple causes.
Science · 2010
140
cited
Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China
Nature · 1999
139
cited
Palaeohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria): anatomy, ontogeny, and biomechanical implications
2000
134
cited
The evolution and function of thyreophoran dinosaur scutes: implications for plate function in stegosaurs
Paleobiology · 2005
132
cited
Phylogenetic, functional, and aerodynamic analyses of the origin of birds and their flight
1985
131
cited
The fossil trackway Pteraichnus; not pterosaurian, but crocodilian
1984
131
cited
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