Paul Sereno
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Paul Callistus Sereno (born October 11, 1957) is a professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago who has discovered several new dinosaur species on several continents, including at sites in Inner Mongolia, Argentina, Morocco and Niger.[1] One of his widely publicized discoveries includes a nearly complete specimen of Sarcosuchus imperator — commonly referred to as SuperCroc — found in Gadoufaoua, located in the Tenere desert of Niger.
Biography
Youth and education
The son of a mail carrier[2] and an art teacher at Prairie Elementary, Sereno grew up in Naperville, Illinois and graduated from Naperville Central High School. He completed his B.S., Biological Sciences from Northern Illinois University in 1979, M.A. in Vertebrate Paleontology, from Columbia University in 1981, M. Phil. in Geological Sciences in 1981, and Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, in 1987.
Career
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Sereno co-founded Project Exploration, a non-profit science education organization to encourage city kids to pursue careers in science. He appeared in the 2009 DVD Dinosaur Discoveries, which included segments originally hosted by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite. The program first aired onA&E in 1991 and was later rebroadcast on the Disney Channel through the late 1990s.
On August 14 2008, Sereno uncovered a large Stone Age cemetery at Gobero in the Nigerien Sahara, remnants of a people who lived from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago on the edge of what was then a large lake. The National Geographic based a documentary, Skeletons of the Sahara on this discovery, which premiered in 2013. [4][5][6]
Fossil species described by Sereno or his team
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Documentaries featuring Sereno and his discoveries
In addition to his many discoveries in the field, public communication has been a big part of Sereno's career.
| Year | Title | Producer | Featured Fossils (Sites) |
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| 1991 | At the Forefront | Kurtis Productions, Ltd., PBS | |
| 1992 | Fragments of Time | New Explorers, PBS | Eoraptor (Argentina) |
| 1992 | The Dinosaurs! - Flesh on the Bones | WHYY-TV, PBS | Herrerasaurus (Argentina) |
| 1993 | The Next Generation, 1% Inspiration | WNET, PBS | |
| 1994 | Skeletons in the Sand | New Explorers, PBS | (Niger) |
| 1995 | Paleoworld - African Graveyard, Part I: Hunting Dinosaurs | The Learning Channel | (Morocco) |
| 1995 | Paleoworld - African Graveyard, Part II: Discovering Dinosaurs | The Learning Channel | (Morocco) |
| 1996 | Paleoworld - Flesh on the Bones | The Learning Channel | Deltadromeus, Carcharodontosaurus (Morocco) |
| 1997 | Beyond T-Rex | Discovery Channel | Carcharodontosaurus (Morocco) |
| 1998 | Colossal Claw | National Geographic Explorer | Suchomimus (Sahara) |
| 1998 | Dinosaur Fever | National Geographic Explorer | sauropods (Niger) |
| 1999 | Africa's Dinosaur Giants | National Geographic Explorer | Jobaria (Niger) |
| 2001 | SuperCroc | NBC/NGC | Sarcosuchus |
| 2006 | Sky Monsters | NGC | pterosaur (Niger) |
| 2009 | Bizarre Dinos | NGC | Nigersaurus, Raptorex, Mykocephale |
| 2009 | When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs | NGChannel | BoarCroc, PancakeCroc, DuckCroc, DogCroc, RatCroc (Sahara, Australia) |
| 2013 | Skeletons of the Sahara | NOVA-NGTelevision | humans (Gobero, Niger) |
| 2014 | Bigger than T. rex | NOVA-NGTelevision | Spinosaurus (Morocco) |
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Paulsereno.org: official Paul Sereno website
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". What can fossils teach us?
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dinosaurs on Drifting Continents
- Digging up dinosaurs, TED