Sterling Nesbitt

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Sterling Nesbitt (born March 25, 1982, in Mesa, Arizona) is an American paleontologist best known for his work on the origin and early evolutionary patterns of archosaurs. He is currently an associate professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences. [1]

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Biography

Sterling Nesbitt received his B.A. in integrative biology with a minor in geology from the University of California Berkeley in 2004. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 2009, completing the majority of his research at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. [2] He subsequently held postdoctoral researcher positions at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, and the Field Museum. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He is also a research associate/affiliate of the American Museum of Natural History, the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab at The University of Texas at Austin, the Virginia Museum of Natural History, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Nesbitt appears in the 2007 IMAX movie Dinosaurs Alive! and the re-worked 2008 version of Walking With Dinosaurs on the Discovery Channel.

Academic contributions

Nesbitt has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals with over 7,700 citations (per Google Scholar [3] ) and numerous papers in high-profile scientific journals, including Current Biology, Earth-Science Reviewss, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Science, and Scientific Reports.

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

YearTaxonAuthors
2023 Mambachiton fiandohana gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Patellos, Kammerer, Ranivoharimanana, Wyss, & Flynn [4]
2022 Mbiresaurus raathi gen. et sp. nov.Griffin, Wynd, Munyikwa, Broderick, Zondo, Tolan, Langer, Nesbitt, & Taruvinga [5]
2022 Mambawakale ruhuhu gen. et sp. nov.Butler, Fernandez, Nesbitt, Leite, & Gower [6]
2020 Kongonaphon kely gen. et sp. nov.Kammerer, Nesbitt, Flynn, Ranivoharimanana, & Wyss [7]
2020 Dynamosuchus collisensis gen. et sp. nov.Müller, Von Bacsko, Desoko, & Nesbitt [8]
2019 Suskityrannus hazelae gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Denton, Loewen, Brusatte, Smith, Turner, Kirkland, McDonald, & Wolfe [9]
2018 Mandasuchus tanyauchen gen. et sp. nov.Butler, Nesbitt, Charig, Gower, & Barrett [10]
2017 Avicranium renestoi gen. et sp. nov.Pritchard & Nesbitt [11]
2017 Teleocrater rhadinus gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt et al. [12]
2016 Litorosuchus somnii gen. et sp. nov.Li, Wu, Zhao, Nesbitt, Stocker, & Wang [13]
2016 Triopticus primus gen. et sp. nov.Stocker, Nesbitt, Criswell, Parker, Witmer, Rowe, Ridgely, & Brown [14]
2016 Vivaron haydeni gen. et sp. nov.Lessner, Stocker, Smith, Turner, Irmis, & Nesbitt [15]
2015 Lepidus praecisio gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt & Ezcurra [16]
2015 Carnufex carolinensis gen. et sp. nov.Zanno, Drymala, Nesbitt, & Schneider [17]
2014 Nundasuchus songeaensis gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Sidor, Angielczyk, Smith, & Tsuji [18]
2013 Lutungutali sitwensis gen. et sp. nov.Peecook, Sidor, Nesbitt, Smith, Steyer, & Angielczyk [19]
2013 Asperoris mnyama gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Butler, & Gower [20]
2012 Nyasasaurus parringtoni gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Barrett, Werning, Sidor, & Charig [21]
2011 Diodorus scytobrachion gen. et sp. nov.Kammerer, Nesbitt, & Shubin [22]
2011 Albinykus baatar gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Clarke, Turner, & Norell [23]
2011 Daemonosaurus chauliodus gen. et sp. nov.Sues, Nesbitt, Berman, & Henrici [24]
2010 Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis sp. nov.Flynn, Nesbitt, Parrish, Ranivoharimanana, & Wyss [25]
2010 Aisilisaurus kongwe gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Sidor, Irmis, Angielczyk, Smith, & Tsuji [26]
2009 Limusaurus inextricabilis gen. et sp. nov.Xu et al. [27]
2009 Kol ghuva gen. et sp. nov.Turner, Nesbitt, & Norell [28]
2009 Tawa hallae gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Smith, Irmis, Turner, Downs, & Norell [29]
2007 Effigia okeeffeae gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt & Norell [30]
2005 Redondavenator quayensis gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt, Irmis, Lucas, & Hunt [31]
2004 Ammorhynchus navajoi gen. et sp. nov.Nesbitt & Whatley [32]

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