| Paul C. Sereno | |
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Paul Sereno in 2006
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| Born | October 11, 1957 Aurora, Illinois, United States |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Paleontology (vertebrate) |
| Institutions | 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 |
| Known for | Important contributions to the study of paleontology; founder of Project Exploration |
| Author abbreviation (zoology) | Sereno |
Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is an American paleontologist from the University of Chicago who discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents. He has conducted excavations at sites as varied as Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco, and Niger.[1] He is a professor at the University of Chicago and a National Geographic "explorer-in-residence." The son of a milkman[2] and an art teacher at Prairie Elementary, Paul grew up in Naperville, Illinois and graduated from Naperville Central High School. Sereno's most widely publicized discovery is that of a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator (popularly known as SuperCroc) at Gadoufaoua in the Tenere desert of Niger.
Fossils described by Sereno or his team include:
Dinosaurs
Other Fossil Reptiles
On August 14, 2008, it was revealed that Sereno had uncovered the large Stone Age cemetery Gobero in the Nigerien Sahara, and together with a team of archaeologists had worked on it the last eight years.[3][4]
He has been named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People (1997).
Dr. Sereno and his wife, Gabrielle Lyon, founded Project Exploration, a non-profit science education organization to encourage city kids to pursue careers in science.
He appears in the 2009 DVD Dinosaur Discoveries featuring classic segments of CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite as the host which aired on A&E in 1991. It was later re-shown on the Disney Channel until the late 1990s.