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Michael J. Benton

Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.  Benton was a contributor to the re-classification of dinosaurs.

Benton, M. J. 1990 Vertebrate Palaeontology. Harper Collins Academic, London.

Benton, M. J. 1999 Scleromochlus taylori and the origin of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 354, 1–25.

Benton, M. J., Wills, M. and Hitchin, R. 2000. Quality of the fossil record through time. Nature 403, 534-538.

Hone D W E  and Benton M J, 2007,An evaluation of the phylogenic relationships of the pterosaurs among archosauromorph reptiles, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Hone D W, and Benton M J, 2007, Cope's Rule in the Pterosauria, and differing perceptions of Cope's Rule at different taxonomic levels. J Evol Biol. 2007 May; 20(3):1164-70. PMID: 17465925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]