Philip R. Bjork
Philip R. Bjork | |
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| Born | Philip Reese Bjork September 14, 1940 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, paleontologist, professor |
Philip Reese Bjork is an American geologist and paleontologist known for his work in unearthing dinosaur species in America.
Career
Bjork received his
undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan.[1] Bjork's Master's thesis was on the vertebrate fossils of the Slim Buttes.[2]
He was a professor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology[1] in Rapid City, South Dakota, as well as serving as director of their Museum of Geology[3] from 1975 to 2000.[2] His academic focus was on Cretaceous dinosaurs and mammals from the Cretaceous and early Cenozoic.
Highlights
- 1975
- Bjork described a fossil of Proscalops tertius, an extinct insectivoran, that he had found in Oligocene deposits in the Badlands National Park.[4]
- 1985
- He announced the find of remains of at least ten duck-billed dinosaurs in western South Dakota.[5]
- 1989
- Bjork reported the discovery of
Selected publications
- Bjork, Philip R. (January 1967). "Latest Eocene Vertebrates from Northwestern South Dakota". JSTOR 1301919.
- Bjork, Philip R. (1970). "The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 60 (7). JSTOR 1006119.
References
- ^ a b SDSM&T 1998-99 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (PDF). South Dakota: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. 1998. p. 316. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ^ a b Macdonald, J. R.; Minkler, Heidi; Martin, James. "Museum of Geology History". South Dakota Museum of Geology. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ISBN 0-345-33720-4.
- JSTOR 1303274.
- San Jose Mercury News. August 30, 1985. pp. 13A. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- JSTOR 4523237.
- ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ISBN 978-0-253-33907-2. Retrieved 2009-11-24.