Matt Wedel Explained
Mathew John Wedel is an American paleontologist. He is associate professor at the Western University of Health Sciences Department of Anatomy in California. Wedel studies sauropods and the evolution of pneumatic bones in dinosaurs. At Western University, Wedel teaches gross anatomy.[2] He has authored papers naming Aquilops (2014), Brontomerus (2011),[3] and Sauroposeidon (2000).[4] He has published research exploring how some dinosaurs achieved large sizes.[5] In 2016, he co-authored the book The Sauropod Dinosaurs.[6]
Along with paleontologists Darren Naish and Mike P. Taylor, he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.[7]
Further reading
- Kraatz . BP . Sherratt . E . Bumacod . N . Wedel . MJ . Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). . PeerJ . 2015 . 3 . e844 . 10.7717/peerj.844 . 25802812. 4369340 . free .
Notes and References
- Web site: Smith . Dave . Archosaurs: A new online exhibit . UC Museum of Paleontology . July 24, 2012.
- Web site: Wedel. M.J.. Profile - Mathew Wedel. PeerJ.
- News: Dell'amore . Christine . "Thunder Thighs" Dinosaur Thrashed Predators to Death? . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023743/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/2/110223-thunder-thighs-new-dinosaur-species-fossils-science-brontomerus/ . dead . November 12, 2020 . National Geographic News . February 25, 2011.
- Web site: Wedel. M.J.. CV and Publications. 5 April 2010. Mathew John Wedel.
- Heeren . Fredric . Dinosaurs: Rise of the titans . Nature . July 2011 . 475 . 7355 . 159–161 . 10.1038/475159a. 21753829 . 4351516 .
- Book: Hallett . Mark . Wedel . Matthew J. . The sauropod dinosaurs : life in the age of giants . November 2016 . Johns Hopkins University Press . Baltimore . 978-1421420288 . 975050451.
- News: About SV-POW!. 1 October 2007. Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week. 2020-03-30. en-US.
