Gregory M. Erickson

Gregory M. Erickson, Ph.D. in paleobiology at Florida State University.

Gregory M. Erickson
Scientific career
Fields	Paleobiology
Institutions	Florida State University

Erickson has published many papers on the ontogeny and growth patterns of alligators and dinosaurs, especially on the theropod Tyrannosaurus rex. Erickson has also been contributing when naming and describing some dinosaur genera, like Guanlong (2006) and Limusaurus (2009). He is a strong proponent to the idea of a dinosaurian origin of birds.^[1]

Erickson has been featured in BBC’s program The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, in which he estimates the bite force of Tyrannosaurus rex. He was also featured in an episode of Science Of Sex Appeal (Discovery Channel), which discuss how dinosaurs reproduced.

Below is a list of taxa that Erickson has contributed to naming:

Year	Taxon	Authors
2023	Sikuomys mikros gen. et sp. nov.	Eberle, Clemens, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[2]
2019	Unnuakomys hutchisoni gen. et sp. nov.	Eberle, Clemens, McCarthy, Fiorillo, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[3]
2019	Psittacosaurus amitabha sp. nov.	Napoli, Hunt, Erickson, & Norell[4]
2014	Aorun zhaoi gen. et sp. nov.	Choiniere, Clark, Forster, Norell, Eberth, Erickson, Chu, & Xu[5]
2010	Beishanlong grandis gen. et sp. nov.	Makovicky, Li, Gao, Lewin, Erickson, & Norell[6]
2009	Limusaurus inextricabilis gen. et sp. nov.	Xu, Clark, Mo, Chorniere, Forster, Erickson, Hone, Sullivan, Eberth, Nesbitt, Zhao, Hernandez, Jia, Han, & Guo[7]
2006	Guanlong wucaii gen. et sp. nov.	Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia, & Zhao[8]

References

1. http://www.bio.fsu.edu/erickso%5B‍%5Dn/.
2. Eberle, Jaelyn J.; Clemens, William A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Druckenmiller, Patrick Scott (5 August 2023). "A new tiny eutherian from the Late Cretaceous of Alaska". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2232359. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
3. Eberle, Jaelyn J.; Clemens, William A.; McCarthy, Paul J.; Fiorillo, Anthony Ricardo; Erickson, Gregory M.; Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2 November 2019). "Northernmost record of the Metatheria: a new Late Cretaceous pediomyid from the North Slope of Alaska". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (21): 1805–1824. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1560369. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
4. Napoli, James G.; Hunt, Tyler; Erickson, Gregory M.; Norell, Mark A. (25 July 2019). "Psittacosaurus amitabha, a New Species of Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Ondai Sayr Locality, Central Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 2019 (3932): 1. doi:10.1206/3932.1. ISSN 0003-0082. Retrieved 6 January 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
5. Choiniere, Jonah N.; Clark, James M.; Forster, Catherine A.; Norell, Mark A.; Eberth, David A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Chu, Hongjun; Xu, Xing (17 February 2014). "A juvenile specimen of a new coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle–Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (2): 177–215. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.781067. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
6. Makovicky, Peter J.; Li, Daqing; Gao, Ke-Qin; Lewin, Matthew; Erickson, Gregory M.; Norell, Mark A. (22 January 2010). "A giant ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1679): 191–198. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0236. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2842665. PMID 19386658. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
7. Xu, Xing; Clark, James M.; Mo, Jinyou; Choiniere, Jonah; Forster, Catherine A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Hone, David W. E.; Sullivan, Corwin; Eberth, David A.; Nesbitt, Sterling; Zhao, Qi; Hernandez, Rene; Jia, Cheng-kai; Han, Feng-lu; Guo, Yu (18 June 2009). "A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies". Nature. 459 (7249): 940–944. doi:10.1038/nature08124. ISSN 1476-4687. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
8. Xu, Xing; Clark, James M.; Forster, Catherine A.; Norell, Mark A.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Eberth, David A.; Jia, Chengkai; Zhao, Qi (9 February 2006). "A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China". Nature. 439 (7077): 715–718. doi:10.1038/nature04511. ISSN 0028-0836. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

External links

• Gregory M. Erickson's profile at Florida State University's homepage.