Christian Sidor

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Christian Alfred Sidor is an American vertebrate paleontologist. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Washington in Seattle, [1] as well as Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Associate Director for Research and Collections at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. [2] His research focuses on Permian and Triassic tetrapod evolution, especially on therapsids.

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Academic and professional background

Sidor received a B.S. (with honors) in biology from Trinity College in 1994. He went on to pursue his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, completing his M.S. in 1996 and his Ph.D. in 2000 under the supervision of James Hopson. [3] Sidor won the Romer Prize in 2001 for his doctoral work, [4] a competitive annual award at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting for the best predoctoral student oral presentation. [5] Following his dissertation, Sidor held a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Museum of Natural History (2001) before becoming an Assistant Professor in Anatomy at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. [6] He held that position until 2005, when he took up a position as an Assistant Professor in Biology at the University of Washington. Presently, he is a full Professor in Biology at the University of Washington, as well as a Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Associate Director for Research and Collections at the affiliated Burke Museum. He is a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Natural History, and Evolutionary Studies Institute (University of the Witwatersrand).

Academic contributions

Sidor is best known for his work on therapsid synapsids; [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] the title of his dissertation was "Evolutionary trends and relationships within the Synapsida." [13] However, Sidor has been involved with research on a diverse array of other Paleozoic and Mesozoic tetrapod clades, including temnospondyl amphibians; [14] [15] [16] captorhinid reptiles; [17] [18] pseudosuchian archosaurs; [19] [20] [21] and avemetatarsalian archosaurs, [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] encompassing a wide-ranging research program focusing on descriptive anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetics, histology and pathology, trends in biogeography, and responses of tetrapods to major climatic perturbations. Sidor has extensive experience collecting and researching fossils from historically less well-sampled geographic regions, including Niger, [28] Tanzania, [29] Zambia, [30] and Antarctica. [31] Previously he was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005-2010).

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

YearTaxonAuthors
2023 Rhigerpeton isbelli gen. et sp. nov.Gee, Beightol & Sidor [32]
2022 Notictoides absens gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, Kulik & Huttenlocker [33]
2021 Mobaceras zambeziense gen. et sp. nov.Kammerer & Sidor [34]
2021 Isengops luangwensis , gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, Tabor & Smith [35]
2020 Nshimbodon muchingaensis gen. et sp. nov.Huttenlocker & Sidor [36]
2020 Kataigidodon venetus gen. et sp. nov.Kligman, Marsh, Sues & Sidor [37]
2019 Ancistronychus paradoxus gen. et sp. nov.Gonçalves & Sidor [38]
2019 Laosuchus naga gen. et sp. nov.Arbez, Sidor & Steyer [39]
2019 Antarctanax shackletoni gen. et sp. nov.Peecook, Smith & Sidor [40]
2017 Teleocrater rhadinus gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Butler, Ezcurra, Barrett, Stocker, Angielczyk, Smith, Sidor, Niedźwiedzki, Sennikov, & Charig [27]
2016 Wantulignathus gwembensis gen. et sp. novWhitney & Sidor [41]
2016 Mupashi migrator gen. et sp. nov.Huttenlocker & Sidor [42]
2015 Opisthodontosaurus carrolli gen. et sp. nov.Reisz, LeBlanc, Sidor, Scott & May [18]
2015 Ichibengops munyamadziensis gen. et sp. nov.Huttenlocker & Sidor [43]
2014 Abajudon kaayai gen. et sp. nov.Angielczyk, Huertas, Smith, Tabor, Sidor, Steyer, Tsuji, & Gostling [44]
2014 Nundasuchus songeaensis gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Sidor, Angielczyk, Smith & Tsuji [25]
2014 Antarctosuchus polyodon gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, Steyer & Hammer [45]
2013 Lutungutali sitwensis gen. et sp. nov.Peecook, Sidor, Nesbitt, Smith, Steyer & Angielczyk [46]
2013 Nyasasaurus parringtoni gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Barrett, Werning, Sidor & Charig [23]
2010 Asilisaurus kongwe gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Sidor, Irmis, Angielczyk, Smith, & Tsuji [22]
2010 Kombuisia antarctica sp. nov.Fröbisch, Angielczyk & Sidor [47]
2008 Kryostega collinsoni gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, Damiani, & Hammer [15]
2007 Lophorhinus willodenensis gen. et sp. nov.Sidor & Smith [48]
2006 Pachydectes elsi gen. et sp. nov.Rubidge, Modesto & Sidor [49]
2006 Paraburnetia sneeubergensis gen. et sp. nov.Smith, Rubidge & Sidor [50]
2006 Elliotherium kersteni gen. et sp. nov.Sidor & Hancox [51]
2006 Herpetoskylax hopsoni gen. et sp. nov.Sidor & Rubidge [52]
2005 Saharastega moradiensis gen. et sp. novSidor, O'Keefe, Damiani, Steyer, Smith, Larsson, Sereno, Ide, & Maga [14]
2005 Nigerpeton ricqlesi gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, O'Keefe, Damiani, Steyer, Smith, Larsson, Sereno, Ide, & Maga [14]
2004 Lobalopex mordax gen. et sp. nov.Sidor, Hopson & Keyser [53]
2004 Progalesaurus lootsbergensis gen. et sp. nov.Sidor & Smith [54]
2003 Anatosuchus minor gen. et sp. nov.Sereno, Sidor, Larsson & Gado [21]
1998 Suchomimus tenerensis gen. et sp. nov.Sereno et al. [55]
1996 Deltadromeus agilis gen. et sp. nov.Sereno, Dutheil, Iarochene, Larsson, Lyon, Magwene, Sidor, Varrichio, & Wilson [56]

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