Mark Norell, chairman and Curator of the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, will give a lecture titled “Dinosaur Feathers: How Fossils Inform Us about the Evolution of Birds” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 in McCrary Theatre, located in the Center for the Arts on the Elon University campus.
Norell received his Ph.D. in 1988 from Yale. His research interests include the discovery and naming of new dinosaur species, studying the relationship of small carnivorous dinosaurs to modern day birds and using modern technology to learn more about fossils. Career highlights include the discovery of the theropods Shuvuuia and Mononykus, the discovery of the first theropod embryo, the description of dinosaurs with feathers, and the discovery of evidence of dinosaurs nesting a clutch of eggs.
The lecture, part of the Voices of Discovery Series, is free and open to the public.
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