Anthony Fiorillo

Anthony R. Fiorillo
Citizenship American
Fields Paleontology
Institutions Perot Museum of Nature & Science
Alma mater University of Connecticut, University of Nebraska, University of Pennsylvania
Author abbrev. (zoology) Tony Fiorillo

Anthony R. Fiorillo is Vice President of Research & Collections and Chief Curator at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science.[1][2] A native of Connecticut, he received his bachelor's at the University of Connecticut, his master's at the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in Vertebrate Paleontology from the University of Pennsylvania.[3]

Career

Dr. Fiorillo worked on his Rea Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and later as a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1995 he became a curator at the Dallas Museum of Natural History (now the Perot Museum of Nature and Science). He currently works at the museum and as an adjunct associate professor of Paleontology at Southern Methodist University.[2] He has worked with the National Park Service in several national park units including Big Bend National Park, Denali National Park, Aniakchak National Monument, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park to identify, study and preserve dinosaur fossils found. In 2008, he was honored with a fellowship in the Geological Society of America.[4][2]

Since 1998 the primary focus of his work has been on polar dinosaurs, and more specifically the ancient Arctic dinosaurs of Alaska.[5][6] He and his colleagues have unearthed new polar dinosaurs as well as obtained insights into the ancient polar climate during one of Earth's greenhouse modes.[7][8] In addition to Alaska, he has also traveled around the United States and to parts of Asia, Australia, and South America in order to further his research.[1]

Published work

Books

Anthony Fiorillo has collaborated on the books:

Other publications

Personal life

Dr. Fiorillo currently resides in Ovilla, Texas with his wife and daughter.

References

  1. 1 2 Marino, Katharina (December 31, 2012). "Paleontologist puts passion for fossils to use as curator at Perot Museum". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Scientists". The Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. "Anthony Fiorello - Dedman College - SMU". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  4. The Geological Society of America. "All Active and Current GSA Fellows". Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  5. Dunham, Mike (August 25, 2012). "Alaskans - extinct and not - included in new Dallas museum". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  6. Wheeler, Jason (July 22, 2014). "Museum team races to make Alaska dinosaur discoveries". USA Today. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  7. Townsend, Lori (September 3, 2012). "Footprint Sheds More Light On Prehistoric Alaska;". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  8. Martin, Justin (August 7, 2014). "Footprints Suggest Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Thrived In Polar Ecosystem". KERA News. Retrieved January 12, 2016.


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