Catherine Forster

Catherine Forster
EducationUniversity of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago
Known forDinosaur-bird evolution theories
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
WorkplacesGeorge Washington University

Catherine Ann Forster is an American paleontologist, taxonomist and expert in ornithopod evolution and Triceratops taxonomy. She is a Professor in the Geological Sciences Program and the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University. She obtained a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1982, followed by an M.Sc. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania. She then completed post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago between 1990 and 1994 in their department of Organismal Biology. She is known in part for unique bird fossils she and her colleagues have found and described from Madagascar.

References

  1. ↑ Farlow, James O.; M. K. Brett-Surmann (1999). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21313-4.
  2. ↑ "Columbian College of Arts and Sciences: Catherine Forster". George Washington University. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fossil Discovery Bolsters Birds' Link to Dinosaurs". Los Angeles Times. 18 March 1998.
  4. ↑ "nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds and Dinosaurs - US National Science Foundation (NSF)". nsf.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Unique 'Dino-bird' Fossil Found In Africa". Chicago Tribune.