Colin Patterson (paleontologist)

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Colin Patterson (* 13. October 1933 in Hammersmith , † 9. March 1998 in London ) was a British vertebrate - paleontologist .

Life

Patterson was a senior paleontologist at the British Museum of Natural History . He dealt in particular with fossil fish and the use of cladistics methods in paleontology.

In 1997 he received the Romer-Simpson Medal of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1993).

Dedication names

Phoberomys pattersoni , one of the largest fossil rodents, is named after Colin Patterson .

Fonts

  • Evolution , Comstock Publishing 1999
  • Editor: Molecules and Morphology in Evolution: conflict or compromise? , Cambridge University Press 1987

literature

  • Richard Fortey : Colin Patterson. 13 October 1933--9 March 1998: Elected FRS 1993 . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 45, 1999, p. 365. Abstract
  • Gareth Nelson: Obituary in Nature, Volume 394, 1998, p. 626
  • Peter L. Forey, Brian G. Gardiner, Christopher John Humphries: Colin Patterson - a celebration of his life , Linnean special issue 2, Academic Press 2000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth and death dates according to Fortey's obituary in the Biogr. Memoirs Royal Society
personal data
SURNAME Patterson, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammersmith
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1998
Place of death London