Paul Barrett (palaeobiologist)

Professor Paul Michael Barrett is a British vertebrate paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. His work primarily focuses on dinosaurs. The extinct dinosaur Vectipelta barretti is named in his honour. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

After undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge, Paul Barrett became Junior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge from 1996-1999, then Departmental Lecturer in Animal Diversity at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford from 1999-2003. He joined the Natural History Museum, London in 2012, becoming a Merit Researcher in 2012 ^[4]

He has more than 400 publications mentioned on Google Scholar ^[5] .

Awards

Barrett was presented with the President's medal of the Palaeontological Association in 2016 ^[6] and the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society in 2011.

References

1. "Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered". June 16, 2023 – via www.bbc.com.
2. "New species of dinosaur named after Museum scientist Paul Barrett". www.nhm.ac.uk.
3. Weaver, Matthew (June 16, 2023). "Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species". The Guardian.
4. "Prof Paul Barrett". Natural History Museum. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
5. "Paul M Barrett". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
6. "Past Awards". Palaeontological Association. Palaeontological Association. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

External links

• Natural History Museum web biography
• Iris View Profile (University College London)