Dale Russell
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Dale A. Russell (April 2, 1947) is a Canadian geologist/palaeontologist, currently Research Professor at The Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) of North Carolina State University. Dinosaurs he has described include Daspletosaurus and he was the first to suggest an extraterrestrial cause (supernova, comet, asteroid) for the extinction of the dinosaurs. He is also credited with inventing the controversial dinosauroid thought experiment.
[edit] External links
- Partial bibliography at DinoData (note that several other Russells are included; D.A. Russell is the subject of this article)
- Dinosaurs named by Russell, at DinoData
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