Dale Russell
Paleontologist, Author
1937 –
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Who is Dale Russell?
Dale A. Russell is a Canadian geologist/palaeontologist, currently Research Professor at The Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of North Carolina State University. Dinosaurs he has described include Daspletosaurus and he was amongst first paleontologists to consider an extraterrestrial cause for the extinction of the dinosaurs . He is also credited with inventing the controversial dinosauroid thought experiment. Russell's dinosauroid was criticized as being too anthropomorphic.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1937
United States of America - Also known as
- Dale A. Russel
- Dr. Dale A. Russell
- Dale A. Russell
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- North Carolina State University
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on July 23, 2013
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