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James Ian Kirkland (born August 24, 1954) is an American paleontologist and geologist. He has worked with dinosaur remains from the south west United States of America and Mexico 〔Kirkland at al. 2001, p. ?〕〔Kirkland et al. 2006, p. ?〕〔Gates et al. 2007, p. ?〕 and has been responsible for discovering new and important genera. He named (or worked with others in naming) ''Animantarx'',〔Carpenter, Kirkland, Burge & Bird 1999, pp. 243-251.〕 ''Cedarpelta'',〔Carpenter, Kirkland, Burge & Bird 2001, pp. ?〕 ''Eohadrosaurus''〔Kirkland 1997, p. ?〕 (''nomen nudum'', now named ''Eolambia''),〔Kirkland 1998, 283-295.〕 ''Jeyawati'',〔Wolfe and Kirkland 2010, pp. 799-812.〕 ''Gastonia'',〔Kirkland 1998, p. ?〕 ''Mymoorapelta'',〔Kirkland and Carpenter 1994, pp. 25-42.〕 ''Nedcolbertia'',〔Kirkland, Britt, Whittle, Madsen and Burge 1998, 239-248.〕 ''Utahraptor'',〔Kirkland, Burge & Gaston 1993, pp. 1-16.〕 ''Zuniceratops'',〔Wolfe and Kirkland 1998, pp. 307-317.〕 ''Europelta''〔Kirkland ''et al.'' 2013〕 and Diabloceratops.〔Kirkland and DeBlieux 2010, pp. 117–140.〕 At the same site where he found ''Gastonia'' and ''Utahraptor'', Kirkland has also excavated fossils of the therizinosaurs ''Nothronychus''〔Kirkland and Wolfe 2001, pp. 410-414.〕 and ''Falcarius''.〔Kirkland, Zanno, Sampson, Clark & DeBlieux 2005, pp. 84-87.〕 ==Career== Born August 24, 1954, Weymouth, Massachusetts. High School, Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts. 1972 B.S. Geological Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico. 1977 (Pres. Student Body, 1975-1976) M.S. Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 1983 Ph. D. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 1990 He is adjunct Professor of Geology at Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA adjunct Associate Professor at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah and a Research Associate of the Denver Museum of Natural History in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado. For the past decade he has been the Utah State Paleontologist for Utah Geological Survey. He issues permits for paleontological research on Utah state lands, keeps tabs on paleontological research and issues across the state, and promotes Utah’s paleontological resources for the public good. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Kirkland (paleontologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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