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Mark Norell
American paleontologist (1957- )
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- born
- 1957
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 68
- known for
- paleontologist, geneticist
1957 β 2025
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who mark norell is
Mark Allen Norell was an American vertebrate paleontologist. He was the chairman of paleontology and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History up until his death in 2025. He is best known as the discoverer of the first theropod embryo and for the description of feathered dinosaurs. Norell is credited with the naming of the genera Apsaravis, Byronosaurus, Citipati, Tsaagan, and Achillobator.
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