Paul Smith | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham University of Leicester |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Palaeontology |
Institutions | University of Birmingham |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Aldridge |
Doctoral students | Ivan Sansom |
M. Paul Smith is a British palaeontologist, Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Birmingham.
Smith's research primarily has focused on the conodont palaeobiology and the early Palaeozoic radiation of vertebrates
Selected publications
- Sansom, I. J., Smith, M. P., Armstrong, H. A. and Smith, M. M. 1992. Presence of the earliest vertebrate hard tissues in conodonts. Science 256: 1308-1311.
- Sansom, I. J., Smith, M. P. and Smith, M. M. 1994. Dentine in conodonts. Nature 368: 591.
- Sansom, I. J., Smith, M. P. and Smith, M. M. 1996. Scales of thelodont and shark-like fishes from the Ordovician. Nature 379: 628-630.
- Smith, M. P., Sansom, I. J. and Repetski, J. E. 1996. Histology of the first fish. Nature 380: 702-704.
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