Dale Russell

Dale Russell
Born	December 27, 1937(1937-12-27)
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Citizenship	United States and Canada
Occupation	Professor
Employer	North Carolina State University

Dale A. Russell (December 27, 1937) is a Canadian geologist/palaeontologist, currently Research Professor at The Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) of North Carolina State University. Dinosaurs he has described include Daspletosaurus and he was amongst first paleontologists to consider an extraterrestrial cause (supernova, comet, asteroid) for the extinction of the dinosaurs .^[1] He is also credited with inventing the controversial dinosauroid thought experiment.^[2] Russell's dinosauroid was criticized as being too anthropomorphic.

References

1. ^ Nature 229, 553 - 554 (19 February 1971); Supernovae and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs DALE RUSSELL* & WALLACE TUCKER†
2. ^ Smartasaurus

External links

• Partial bibliography at DinoData (note that several other Russells are included; D.A. Russell is the subject of this article)
• Dinosaurs named by Russell, at DinoData

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Name	Russell, Dale
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Short description	American Geologist
Date of birth	1937-12-27
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