Michael J. Benton
Michael James "Mike" Benton (born April 8, 1956 ) is Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol . Since 2001 he has been the “Head of Department”. Benton is the author of numerous non-fiction books ; many of them were also published in German.
life and work
Michael Benton has published numerous scientific papers since the late 1970s that have appeared in recognized journals , including Nature . In addition, he also appears as the author of several textbooks in paleontology , as well as numerous popular scientific non-fiction books , especially for children, with dinosaurs being the main focus. Benton was a scientific advisor for many television documentaries , including the BBC series " Dinosaurs - In the Empire of the Giants " (Original: "Walking with Dinosaurs"). In 2008 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 2014 a member of the Royal Society .
In 2005 he received the Lyell Medal . For 2020 Benton was awarded the Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal of the European Geosciences Union .
Research priorities
- Origin of the diversity of life
- Nature of the fossil record
- Family tree reconstructions
- Comparison of family tree reconstruction and stratigraphy
- Mass extinction
- Evolution of Triassic Ecosystems
- Phylogeny of primitive diapsids
- Original archosaurs
- Origin of the 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)
- 2003 When life nearly died: the greatest mass extinction of all time
- 2002 Permian and Triassic red beds 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 MJ Benton, DM Unwin, 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, Volumes 1 and 2 edited by MJ Benton
Books (German)
- 2008 The 70 great wonders of nature ( The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World , translated by Werner Kügler), Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89405-716-9 .
- 2007 Paleontology of Vertebrates (translation of the 3rd English edition by Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner), Pfeil. Munich
- 2007 dinosaurs. An atlas of prehistoric times (John Malam, John Woodward and Michael Benton)
- 2001 The large colored dinosaur lexicon. With many other primeval animals .
- 2000 The development of life on earth. 3.5 billion years of evolution .
- 2000 The big book of dinosaurs. Behavior, fossils, finds, nests, extinction .
- 1997 dinosaur
- 1993 The big colored dinosaur lexicon . Special edition. Gondrom, Bindlach 1993, ISBN 3-8112-1099-8 (illustration by Jim Channell and Kevin Maddison).
- 1992 Questions and Knowledge, Dinosaurs
- 1991 My first book about dinosaurs
- 1991 Animals of prehistoric times from A - Z
- 1990 dinosaurs from A - Z
- 1988 The development of life on earth: 3.5 billion years of evolution ( The Story of Life on Earth , translated by Elisabeth Fritsch, illustrated by Kuo Kang Chen), Quelle and Meyer, Heidelberg / Wiesbaden 1988, ISBN 3-494-01176 -1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Professor elected to elite Fellowship (University of Bristol press release of April 21, 2008)
- ↑ EGU announces 2020 awards and medals. In: egu.eu. October 22, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
Web links
- Bristol University homepage
- Reprints in Bristol
- Literature by and about Michael J. Benton in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benton, Michael J. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benton, Michael James; Benton, Mike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1956 |