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Paul Sereno

American paleontologist (born 1957)

Summary

American paleontologist (born 1957)

Field	Value
name	Paul C. Sereno
image	Paul Sereno Lab Photo (cropped).jpg
caption	Sereno in 2010
birth_date
birth_place	Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
fields	Paleontology (vertebrate)
workplaces	University of Chicago
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)
doctoral_students	Jeffrey A. Wilson
children	2
known_for	Discoveries in paleontology; founder of Project Exploration
author_abbrev_zoo	Sereno

Columbia University (M.A., Vertebrate Paleontology, 1981; M. Phil., Geological Sciences, 1981; Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 1987)

Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is a professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago who has discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents, including at sites in Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco and Niger. One of his widely publicized discoveries includes a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator — commonly referred to as SuperCroc — found in Gadoufaoua, located in the Tenere desert of Niger.

Biography

Youth and education

The son of a mail carrier and an art teacher at Prairie Elementary, Sereno grew up in Naperville, Illinois and graduated from Naperville Central High School. He completed his B.S., Biological Sciences from Northern Illinois University in 1979, M.A. in Vertebrate Paleontology, from Columbia University in 1981, M. Phil. in Geological Sciences in 1981, and Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, in 1987.

Career

Sereno was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People (1997).

Sereno co-founded Project Exploration, a non-profit science education organization to encourage city kids to pursue careers in science. He appeared in the 2009 DVD Dinosaur Discoveries, which included segments originally hosted by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite. The program first aired on A&E in 1991 and was later rebroadcast on the Disney Channel through the late 1990s.

On August 14 2008, Sereno uncovered a large Stone Age cemetery at Gobero in the Nigerien Sahara, remnants of a people who lived from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago on the edge of what was then a large lake. The National Geographic based a documentary, Skeletons of the Sahara on this discovery, which premiered in 2013.

Fossil species described by Sereno or his team

Dinosaurs

Aerosteon
Afrovenator
Significant new material of Carcharodontosaurus, including Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis)
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 of Spinosaurus
Significant new material of Sinornithomimus.
Spinostropheus
Suchomimus Other fossil reptiles
Marasuchus, an early relative of dinosaurs
"The African Pterosaur"
Sarcosuchus imperator
Anatosuchus minor from Niger
Araripesuchus rattoides from Niger and Morocco
Kaprosuchus saharicus from Niger and Morocco
Laganosuchus thaumastos from Niger and Morocco
Laganosuchus maghrebensis from Niger and Morocco

2014 [[VOA]] report about ''[[Spinosaurus]]'' with interview of Sereno

Sereno holding a cast of ''Sinornithomimus''

Documentaries featuring Sereno and his discoveries

In addition to his many discoveries in the field, public communication has been a big part of Sereno's career.

Year	Title	Producer	Featured Fossils (Sites)
1991	At the Forefront	Kurtis Productions, Ltd., PBS
1992	Fragments of Time	New Explorers, PBS	Eoraptor (Argentina)
1992	The Dinosaurs! - Flesh on the Bones	WHYY-TV, PBS	Herrerasaurus (Argentina)
1993	The Next Generation, 1% Inspiration	WNET, PBS
1994	Skeletons in the Sand	New Explorers, PBS	(Niger)
1995	Paleoworld - African Graveyard, Part I: Hunting Dinosaurs	The Learning Channel	(Morocco)
1995	Paleoworld - African Graveyard, Part II: Discovering Dinosaurs	The Learning Channel	(Morocco)
1996	Paleoworld - Flesh on the Bones	The Learning Channel	Deltadromeus, Carcharodontosaurus (Morocco)
1997	Beyond T-Rex	Discovery Channel	Carcharodontosaurus (Morocco)
1998	Colossal Claw	National Geographic Explorer	Suchomimus (Sahara)
1998	Dinosaur Fever	National Geographic Explorer	sauropods (Niger)
1999	Africa's Dinosaur Giants	National Geographic Explorer	Jobaria (Niger)
2001	SuperCroc	NBC/NGC	Sarcosuchus
2006	Sky Monsters	NGC	pterosaur (Niger)
2009	Bizarre Dinos	NGC	Nigersaurus, Raptorex, Mykocephale
2009	When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs	NGChannel	BoarCroc, PancakeCroc, DuckCroc, DogCroc, RatCroc (Sahara, Australia)
2013	Skeletons of the Sahara	NOVA-NGTelevision	humans (Gobero, Niger)
2014	Bigger than T. rex	NOVA-NGTelevision	Spinosaurus (Morocco)

References

Spalding, D.A.E., 1993, ''Dinosaur Hunters: 150 years of extraordinary discoveries'', Key Porter Books, Toronto, p. 284
(1997-12-05). "Most Beautiful: Paul Sereno".
(2008). "Mud-Trapped Herd Captures Evidence of Distinctive Dinosaur Sociality". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

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