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Peter Dodson

1946 - Today

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Peter Dodson (born August 20, 1946) is an American paleontologist who has published many papers and written and collaborated on books about dinosaurs. An authority on Ceratopsians, he has also authored several papers and textbooks on hadrosaurs and sauropods, and is a co-editor of The Dinosauria, widely considered the definitive scholarly reference on dinosaurs. Dodson described Avaceratops in 1986; Suuwassea in 2004, and many others, while his students have named Paralititan and Auroraceratops. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Dodson has received more than 46,053 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Dodson is the 1,090th most popular biologist, the 16,343rd most popular biography from United States and the 188th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Peter Dodson ranks 1,090 out of 1,097. Before him are David Bellamy, Christian Drosten, Peter Piot, Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Ben Barres, and Gita Ramjee. After him are PZ Myers, Feng Zhang, Maria Van Kerkhove, Lubna Tahtamouni, Sean B. Carroll, and Sunetra Gupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Peter Dodson ranks 822. Before him are Nalini Malani, David Watson, Kenneth Turan, Jodi Rell, Eddie Holman, and Christine Todd Whitman. After him are Tom Hicks, Don Siegelman, Carolyn Maloney, Tony Greig, and Brian Jacks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Dodson ranks 16,343 out of 20,380. Before him are Brittney Reese (1986), Fritz Hollings (1922), Christine Todd Whitman (1946), Leslie Carter (1986), Tayshaun Prince (1980), and Janet Maslin (1949). After him are Scott Weinger (1975), Brian Goodell (1959), Nikki Bella (1983), Tori Bowie (1990), Jessy Schram (1986), and Bailee Madison (1999).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Peter Dodson ranks 188. Before him are Stephen Schneider (1945), Jerry Coyne (1949), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), and Ben Barres (1954). After him are PZ Myers (1957), Maria Van Kerkhove (1977), and Sean B. Carroll (1960).

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