Catherine Forster

Catherine Ann Forster is an American paleontologist, taxonomist and expert in ornithopod evolution and Triceratops taxonomy.[1] 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.[2] She is known in part for unique bird fossils she and her colleagues have found and described from Madagascar.[3][4][5]

Catherine Forster
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Known fordinosaur-bird evolution theories
Scientific career
Fieldspaleontology
InstitutionsGeorge Washington University

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.
  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.
  5. "Unique `Dino-bird' Fossil Found In Africa". Chicago Tribune.


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