Luis M. Chiappe

Luis María Chiappe (born 18 June 1962) is an Argentine paleontologist born in Buenos Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997 and for his work on the origin and early evolution of Mesozoic birds. He is currently the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and director of the museum's Dinosaur Institute.^[1] He was a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York after immigrating from Argentina. Chiappe is currently the curator of the award winning Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,^[2] an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California,^[3] BBC advisor and author of scientific and popular books.^[4]

Luis M. Chiappe
Luis M. Chiappe in the field 2009
Born	18 June 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentina United States
Occupation(s)	Paleontologist, Professor, Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Author
Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology
Institutions	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Doctoral students	Jingmai O'Connor

Chiappe is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,^[5] a laureate of the Alexander Humboldt Foundation, and a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing.^[6]

Academic contributions

Chiappe has published nearly 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, with over 12,000 citations.^[7] He has numerous publications in high-profile scientific journals, including Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Current Biology, Gondwana Research, Nature, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Science, and Scientific Reports. He is best known for his extensive work on the origin and early evolution of birds, although he is also well-known for work on sauropod nesting sites and embryos from Patagonia, on which he has authored several books and articles,^[8][9] and on pterosaur embryos.^[10][11]

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

Year	Taxon	Authors
2019	Gretcheniao sinensis gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe, Qingjin, Serrano, Sigurdsen, Min, Bell, & Di[12]
2019	Elektorornis chenguangi gen. et sp. nov.	Xing, O'Connor, Chiappe, McKellar, Carroll, Hu, Bai, & Lei[13]
2019	Orienantius ritteri gen. et sp.. nov.	Liu, Chiappe, Zhang, Serrano, & Meng[14]
2015	Fumicollis hoffmani gen. et sp. nov.	Bell & Chiappe[15]
2014	Gansus zheni sp. nov.	Liu, Chiappe, Zhang, Bell, Meng, Ji, & Wang[16]
2014	Changyuraptor yangi gen. et sp. nov.	Han, Chiappe, Ji, Habib, Turner, Chinsamy, Liu, & Han[17]
2013	Zhouornis hani sp. nov.	Zhang, Chiappe, Han, & Chinsamy[18]
2013	Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov.	Coria, Filippi, Chiappe, Garcia, & Arcucci[19]
2013	Sulcavis geeorum, gen. et sp. nov.	O'Connor, Zhang, Chiappe, Meng, Quanguo, & Di[20]
2010	Morsoravis sedilis gen. et sp. nov.	Bertelli, Lindow, Dyke, & Chiappe[21]
2010	Shenqiornis mengi gen. et sp. nov.	Wang, O'Connor, Zhao, Chiappe, Gao, & Cheng[22]
2010	Longicrusavis houi gen. et sp. nov.	O'Connor, Gao, & Chiappe
2010	Hollanda luceria gen. et sp. nov.	Bell, Chiappe, Erickson, Suzuki, Watabe, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar[23]
2008	Zhongornis haoae gen. et sp. nov.	Gao, Chiappe, Meng, O'Connor, Wang, Cheng, & Liu[24]
2007	Kelenken guillermoi gen. et sp. nov.	Bertelli, Chiappe, & Tambussi[25]
2007	Elsornis keni gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe, Suzuki, Dyke, Watabe, Tsogtbaatar, & Barsbold[26]
2006	Dalingheornis liweii gen. et sp. nov.	Zihui, Lianhai, Yoshikasu, O'Connor, Martin, & Chiappe[27]
2006	Juravenator starki gen. et sp. nov.	Göhlich & Chiappe, 2006[28]
2002	Aucasaurus garridoi gen. et sp. nov.	Coria, Chiappe, & Dingus[29]
2002	Halimornis thompsoni gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe, Lamb, & Ericson[30]
2001	Limenavis patagonica gen. et sp. nov.	Clarke & Chiappe[31]
1999	Changchengornis hengdaoziensis gen. et sp. nov.	Qiang, Chiappe, & Shu' An[32]
1998	Shuvuuia deserti gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe, Norell, & Clark[33]
1996	Vorona berivotrensis gen. et sp. nov.	Forster, Chiappe, Krause, & Sampson[34]
1996	Eoalulavis hoyasi gen. et sp. nov.	Sanz, Chiappe, Pérez-Moreno, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega, & Poyato-Ariza[35]
1995	Avisaurus gloriae sp. nov.	Varrichio & Chiappe[36]
1994	Neuquenornis volans gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe & Calvo[37]
1993	Mononychus olecranus gen. et sp. nov.	Altangerel, Norell, Chiappe, & Clark[38]
1988	Amargasuchus minor gen. et sp. nov.	Chiappe[39]
1988	Caiman tremembensis sp. nov.	Chiappe[40]

Books

• Chiappe, L.M.; Qingjin, M. 2016. Birds of Stone. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), ISBN 978-1421420240.
• Chiappe, L.M. 2007. Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. (Wiley-Liss,2007), ISBN 978-0471247234.
• Dingus, L.; Chiappe, L.M. The Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs (Doubleday Books, 1999), ISBN 0385326424.
• Chiappe, L.M.; Dingus, L. Walking on Eggs: The Astonishing Discovery of Thousands of Dinosaur Eggs in the Badlands of Patagonia (Scribner, 2001), ISBN 0-7432-1377-7.
• Chiappe, L.M.; Dingus, L. The Lost Dinosaurs: The Astonishing Discovery of the World's Largest Prehistoric Nesting Ground (Abacus, 2002), ISBN 0-3491-1351-3
• Chiappe, L.M.; Witmer L. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs (University of California Press, 2002), ISBN 0-520-20094-2.

In popular culture

Chiappe was featured in the 2016 BBC documentary, Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, showing Sir David Attenborough the dinosaur egg nesting site at Auca Mahuevo, and eggs from that site in the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province, Argentina.

References

1. "Dinosaur Institute Staff Biographies - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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3. Hayden, Tyler. "Luis Chiappe's USC Faculty Profile". USC Faculty Profile. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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8. Chiappe, Luis M.; Coria, Rodolfo A.; Dingus, Lowell; Jackson, Frankie; Chinsamy, Anusuya; Fox, Marilyn (1998). "Sauropod dinosaur embryos from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Nature. 396 (6708): 258–261. Bibcode:1998Natur.396..258C. doi:10.1038/24370. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 41768380.
9. Chiappe, Luis M.; Salgado, Leonardo; Coria, Rodolfo A. (2001-09-28). "Embryonic Skulls of Titanosaur Sauropod Dinosaurs". Science. 293 (5539): 2444–2446. Bibcode:2001Sci...293.2444C. doi:10.1126/science.1063723. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 11577234. S2CID 27739941.
10. Codorniú, Laura; Chiappe, Luis M (2004-01-01). "Early juvenile pterosaurs (Pterodactyloidea: Pterodaustro guinazui) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Argentina". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 41 (1): 9–18. Bibcode:2004CaJES..41....9C. doi:10.1139/e03-080. hdl:11336/156307. ISSN 0008-4077.
11. Chiappe, Luis M.; Codorniú, Laura; Grellet-Tinner, Gerald; Rivarola, David (2004). "Argentinian unhatched pterosaur fossil" (PDF). Nature. 432 (7017): 571–572. doi:10.1038/432571a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 15577899. S2CID 4396534.
12. Chiappe, Luis M.; Qingjin, Meng; Serrano, Francisco; Sigurdsen, Trond; Min, Wang; Bell, Alyssa; Di, Liu (2019-10-25). "New Bohaiornis-like bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: enantiornithine interrelationships and flight performance". PeerJ. 7: e7846. doi:10.7717/peerj.7846. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6816414. PMID 31667014.
13. Xing, Lida; O’Connor, Jingmai K.; Chiappe, Luis M.; McKellar, Ryan C.; Carroll, Nathan; Hu, Han; Bai, Ming; Lei, Fumin (2019). "A New Enantiornithine Bird with Unusual Pedal Proportions Found in Amber". Current Biology. 29 (15): 2594. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.042. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 31386840.
14. Liu, Di; Chiappe, L.M.; Zhang, Yuguang; Serrano, F.J.; Meng, Qingjin (2019). "Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China". Cretaceous Research. 95: 191–207. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.017. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 133741465.
15. Bell, Alyssa; Chiappe, Luis M. (2015-11-18). "Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds". PLOS ONE. 10 (11): e0141690. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1041690B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141690. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4651437. PMID 26580402.
16. LIU, DI; CHIAPPE, LUIS M.; ZHANG, YUGUANG; BELL, ALYSSA; MENG, QINGJIN; JI, QIANG; WANG, XURI (2014-11-14). "An advanced, new long-legged bird from the Early Cretaceous of the Jehol Group (northeastern China): insights into the temporal divergence of modern birds". Zootaxa. 3884 (3): 253–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25543783.
17. Han, Gang; Chiappe, Luis M.; Ji, Shu-An; Habib, Michael; Turner, Alan H.; Chinsamy, Anusuya; Liu, Xueling; Han, Lizhuo (2014). "A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally long feathering provides insights into dromaeosaurid flight performance". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 4382. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.4382H. doi:10.1038/ncomms5382. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 25025742.
18. Zhang, Zihui; Chiappe, Luis M.; Han, Gang; Chinsamy, Anusuya (2013). "A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1176–1189. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.762708. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 84677039.
19. CORIA, RODOLFO A.; FILIPPI, LEONARDO S.; CHIAPPE, LUIS M.; GARCÍA, RODOLFO; ARCUCCI, ANDREA B. (2013-07-05). "Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina". Zootaxa. 3683 (4): 357–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.2. hdl:11336/21928. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25250458.
20. O’Connor, Jingmai K.; Zhang, Yuguang; Chiappe, Luis M.; Meng, Qingjin; Quanguo, Li; Di, Liu (2013). "A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.719176. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 85261944.
21. BERTELLI, SARA; LINDOW, BENT E. K.; DYKE, GARETH J.; CHIAPPE, LUIS M. (2010). "A well-preserved 'charadriiform-like' fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark". Palaeontology. 53 (3): 507–531. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00950.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
22. WANG, Xuri; O'CONNOR, Jingmai K.; ZHAO, Bo; CHIAPPE, Luis M.; GAO, Chunling; CHENG, Xiaodong (2010-03-22). "New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (2): 247–256. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00156.x. ISSN 1000-9515. S2CID 83645763.
23. Bell, Alyssa K.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Suzuki, Shigeru; Watabe, Mahito; Barsbold, Rinchen; Tsogtbaatar, K. (2010). "Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia)". Cretaceous Research. 31 (1): 16–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.001. ISSN 0195-6671.
24. GAO, CHUNLING; CHIAPPE, LUIS M.; MENG, QINJING; OCONNOR, JINGMAI K.; WANG, XURI; CHENG, XIAODONG; LIU, JINYUAN (2008). "A New Basal Lineage of Early Cretaceous Birds from China and ITS Implications on the Evolution of the Avian Tail". Palaeontology. 51 (4): 775–791. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00793.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
25. Bertelli, Sara; Chiappe, Luis M.; Tambussi, Claudia (2007-06-12). "A new phorusrhacid (Aves: Cariamae) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 409–419. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[409:anpacf]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 85693135.
26. Chiappe, Luis M.; Suzuki, Shigeru; Dyke, Gareth J.; Watabe, Mahito; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Barsbold, Rinchen (2007). "A new Enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi desert". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (2): 193–208. doi:10.1017/s1477201906001969. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 85391743.
27. Zihui, ZHANG; Lianhai, HOU; Yoshikasu, HASEGAWA; O'CONNOR, Jingmai; MARTIN, Larry D.; CHIAPPE, Luis M. (2010-09-07). "The First Mesozoic Heterodactyl Bird from China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 80 (5): 631–635. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00285.x. ISSN 1000-9515. S2CID 129069702.
28. Göhlich, Ursula B. Tischlinger, Helmut Chiappe, Luis M. Juravenator starki (reptilia, theropoda), ein neuer Raubdinosaurier aus dem Oberjura der Südlichen Frankenalb (Süddeutschland): Skelettanatomie und Weichteilbefunde = Juravenator starki (reptilia), a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Southern Franconian Alb (Southern Germany) : skeletal anatomy and soft tissue. OCLC 1117619158.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
29. RUIZ, JAVIER; TORICES, ANGÉLICA; SERRANO, HUMBERTO; LÓPEZ, VALLE (2011-09-19). "The hand structure of Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda, Abelisauridae): implications for hand diversity and evolution in abelisaurids" (PDF). Palaeontology. 54 (6): 1271–1277. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01091.x. ISSN 0031-0239. S2CID 43168700.
30. Chiappe, Luis M.; Lamb, James P.; Ericson, Per G. P. (2002-03-14). "New enantiornithine bird from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 170–174. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0170:nebftm]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 55026727.
31. CLARKE, JULIA A.; CHIAPPE, LUIS M. (2001). "A New Carinate Bird from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)". American Museum Novitates (3323): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)323<0001:ancbft>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 55064310.
32. Qiang, Ji; Chiappe, Luis M.; Shu'An, Ji (1999-03-15). "A new late Mesozoic confuciusornithid bird from China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011117. ISSN 0272-4634.
33. Chiappe, Luis M.; Norell, Mark A.; Clark, James M. (1998). "The skull of a relative of the stem-group bird Mononykus". Nature. 392 (6673): 275–278. Bibcode:1998Natur.392..275C. doi:10.1038/32642. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4426807.
34. Forster, Catherine A.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Krause, David W.; Sampson, Scott D. (August 1996). "The first Cretaceous bird from Madagascar". Nature. 382 (6591): 532–534. Bibcode:1996Natur.382..532F. doi:10.1038/382532a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4364184.
35. Sanz, José L.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Pérez-Moreno, Bernardino P.; Buscalioni, Angela D.; Moratalla, José J.; Ortega, Francisco; Poyato-Ariza, Francisco J. (1996). "An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight". Nature. 382 (6590): 442–445. Bibcode:1996Natur.382..442S. doi:10.1038/382442a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4284528.
36. Varricchio, David J.; Chiappe, Luis M. (1995-03-14). "A New Enantiornithine Bird From the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15 (1): 201–204. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011219. ISSN 0272-4634.
37. Chiappe, Luis M.; Calvo, Jorge O. (1994-06-22). "Neuquenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (2): 230–246. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011554. ISSN 0272-4634.
38. Altangerel, Perle; Norell, Mark A.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Clark, James M. (1993). "Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia". Nature. 362 (6421): 623–626. Bibcode:1993Natur.363..188A. doi:10.1038/363188a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
39. Chiappe, Luis M. (1988). "A new trematochampsid crocodile from the Early Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia, Argentina and its palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic implications". Cretaceous Research. 9 (4): 379–389. doi:10.1016/0195-6671(88)90009-2. ISSN 0195-6671.
40. Chiappe, Luis M. (1988). "Un nuevo Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) de la Formación Tremembé (Oligoceno), Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, y su significado paleoclimático". Paual-Coutiana. 3: 49–66.

External links

• NHM Biography