Peter Dodson
Professor of Anatomy Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Contact information
Department of Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6045
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6045
Email:
dodsonp@vet.upenn.edu
dodsonp@vet.upenn.edu
Education:
B.Sc. (geology)
University of Ottawa, 1968.
M.Sc. (geology/paleontology)
Univesity of Alberta, 1970.
PhD (geology/paleontology)
Yale University, 1974.
Permanent linkB.Sc. (geology)
University of Ottawa, 1968.
M.Sc. (geology/paleontology)
Univesity of Alberta, 1970.
PhD (geology/paleontology)
Yale University, 1974.
Selected Publications
Hedrick, B. P., Manning, P. L., Lynch, E. R., Cordero, S. A., Dodson, P.: The geometry of taking flight: limb morphometrics in Mesozoic theropods. J Morphol 276(2): 152-166, 2015.Hedrick, B. P., Chunling, G., Omar, G. I., Fengjiao, Z., Caizhi, S., Dodson, P.: The osteology and taphonomy of a Psittacosaurus bonebed assemblage of the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 51: 321-340, 2014.
Li, L. G., Li, D. Q., You, H. L., Dodson, P.: A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Hekou Group (Lower Cretaceous) of the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu Province, China. PLoS One 9(1): e85979, 2014.
Hedrick, B. P., Dodson, P.: Lujiatun Psittacosaurids: understanding individual and taphonomic variation using 3D geometric morphometrics. PLoS One 8(8): e69265, 2013.
McDonald, A. T., Bird, J., Kirkland, J. I., Dodson, P.: Osteology of the basal hadrosauroid Eolambia caroljonesa (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. PLoS One 7(10): e45712, 2012.
Wogelius, R. A., Manning, P. L., Barden, H. E., Edwards, N. P., Webb, S. M., Sellers, W. I., Taylor, K. G., Larson, P. L., Dodson, P., You, H., Da-qing, L., Bergmann, U.: Trace metals as biomarkers for eumelanin pigment in the fossil record. SCIENCE 333(6049): 1622-1626, 2011.
Wang, S. C., Dodson, P.: Estimating the diversity of dinosaurs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(37): 13601-13605, 2006.
Upchurch, P., Barrett, P. M., Dodson, P.: Sauropoda. The Dinosauria: Second Edition Page: 259-322, 2004.
Smith, J. B., Dodson, P.: A proposal for a standard terminology of anatomical notation and orientation in fossil vertebrate dentitions. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 23(1): 1-12, 2003.
Chinsamy, A., Chiappe, L. M., Dodson, P.: Growth rings in mesozoic birds [5] Nature 368(6468): 196-197, 1994.
Dodson, P.: Counting dinosaurs: how many kinds were there? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87(19): 7608-7612, 1990.
Dodson, P.: The progress of taphonomy. SCIENCE 210(4470): 631-632, 1980.
Dodson, P.: The last dinosaur book - The life and times of a cultural icon. SCIENCE 282(5393): 1424-1425, 1998.
Sampson, S. D., Witmer, L. M., Forster, C. A., Krause, D. W., O'Connor, P. M., Dodson, P., Ravoavy, F.: Predatory dinosaur remains from madagascar: implications for the cretaceous biogeography of gondwana. SCIENCE 280(5366): 1048-1051, 1998.
Smith, J. B., Lamanna, M. C., Lacovara, K. J., Dodson, P., Smith, J. R., Poole, J. C., Giegengack, R., Attia, Y.: A giant sauropod dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt. SCIENCE 292(5522): 1704-1706, 2001.