Gregory M. Erickson

Gregory M. Erickson
Scientific career
FieldsPaleobiology
InstitutionsFlorida State University

Gregory M. Erickson, Ph.D. in paleobiology at Florida State University.

Erickson has published many papers on the ontogeny and growth patterns of alligators and dinosaurs, especially on the theropod Tyrannosaurus rex. Erickson has also been contributing when naming and describing some dinosaur genera, like Guanlong (2006) and Limusaurus (2009). He is a strong proponent to the idea of a dinosaurian origin of birds.[1]

Erickson has been featured in BBC’s program The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, in which he estimates the bite force of Tyrannosaurus rex. He was also featured in an episode of Science Of Sex Appeal (Discovery Channel), which discuss how dinosaurs reproduced.

Below is a list of taxa that Erickson has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2023 Sikuomys mikros gen. et sp. nov. Eberle, Clemens, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[2]
2019 Unnuakomys hutchisoni gen. et sp. nov. Eberle, Clemens, McCarthy, Fiorillo, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[3]
2019 Psittacosaurus amitabha sp. nov. Napoli, Hunt, Erickson, & Norell[4]
2006 Guanlong wucaii gen. et sp. nov. Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia, & Zhao[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bio.fsu.edu/erickso[permanent dead link‍]n/.
  2. ^ Eberle, Jaelyn J.; Clemens, William A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott (5 August 2023). "A new tiny eutherian from the Late Cretaceous of Alaska". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2232359. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  3. ^ Eberle, Jaelyn J.; Clemens, William A.; McCarthy, Paul J.; Fiorillo, Anthony Ricardo; Erickson, Gregory M.; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2 November 2019). "Northernmost record of the Metatheria: a new Late Cretaceous pediomyid from the North Slope of Alaska". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (21): 1805–1824. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1560369. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  4. ^ Napoli, James G.; Hunt, Tyler; Erickson, Gregory M.; Norell, Mark A. (25 July 2019). "Psittacosaurus amitabha, a New Species of Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Ondai Sayr Locality, Central Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 2019 (3932): 1. doi:10.1206/3932.1. ISSN 0003-0082. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
  5. ^ Xu, Xing; Clark, James M.; Forster, Catherine A.; Norell, Mark A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Eberth, David A.; Jia, Chengkai; Zhao, Qi (9 February 2006). "A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China". Nature. 439 (7077): 715–718. doi:10.1038/nature04511. ISSN 0028-0836. Retrieved 7 January 2025.