Mike Taylor (paleontologist)
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Mike Taylor is a British computer programmer and amateur paleontologist. To date, he has published 13 paleontological papers and is co-credited with naming 2 dinosaur species (Xenoposeidon
in 2007 with Darren Naish
, and Brontomerus
in 2011).
Along with paleontologists Darren Naish
and Matt Wedel, he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.
Xenoposeidon
Xenoposeidon is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, living about 140 million years ago. It is known from a single partial vertebra with unusual features, unlike those of other sauropods...
in 2007 with Darren Naish
Darren Naish
Darren Naish is a vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate palaeontology under British palaeontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an M. Phil...
, and Brontomerus
Brontomerus
Brontomerus is a genus of camarasauromorph sauropod which lived during the early Cretaceous . It was named in 2011 and the type species is Brontomerus mcintoshi...
in 2011).
Along with paleontologists Darren Naish
Darren Naish
Darren Naish is a vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate palaeontology under British palaeontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an M. Phil...
and Matt Wedel, he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.