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'''Jeffrey A. Wilson''' is a [[professor]] of [[geology|geological sciences]] and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the [[University of Michigan]].
His [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctoral]] dissertion was on [[sauropod]] evolution and [[phylogeny]], and he has continued this work in [[cladistics|cladistic]] analysis and revision of the group (see e.g. Wilson and Sereno 1994, 1998, Wilson 2005b, and especially Wilson 2002). With [[Paul Sereno]], he defined the [[clade]]s [[Macronaria]] and [[Somphospondyli]] (Wilson & Sereno 1998).
Wilson was also involved in the discovery and description of ''[[Pabwehshi pakistanensis]]'', the first discovery of decent (diagnostic) [[Cretaceous]] [[crocodylia]]n fossil remains from the Indian subcontinent, in the discovery of ''[[Rajasaurus|Rajasaurus narmadensis]]'', the most completely known [[theropod]] dinosaur from India and a member of the family [[Abelisauridae]], description of a number of North African dinosaurs (theropods and sauropods) from [[Niger]]), and rediscriptions of the Cretaceous sauropods ''[[Titanosaurus]] colberti'' (as ''[[Isisaurus]]'') and ''[[Nemegtosaurus]]'' (previously thought to be a [[Diplodocoidea|diplodocoid]], but now recognised as a [[titanosaur]]).
His younger brother, Gregory P. Wilson, studies Cretaceous [[mammal]]s and is currently a curator at the [[Denver Museum of Natural History]].
==List of dinosaurs co-described==
*''[[Afrovenator]]'' Sereno, Wilson, Larsson, Dutheil & Sues, 1994
*''[[Deltadromeus]]'' Sereno, Duthiel, Iarochene, Larsson, Lyon, Magwene, Sidor, Varricchio & J. A. Wilson, 1996
*''[[Isisaurus]]'' Wilson & Upchurch, 2003
*''[[Jobaria]]'' Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Larsson, Lyon, Moussa, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, G. P. Wilson & J. A. Wilson, 1999
*''[[Nigersaurus]]'' Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Larsson, Lyon, Moussa, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, G. P. Wilson & J. A. Wilson, 1999
*''[[Rajasaurus]]'' Wilson, Sereno, Srivastava, Bhatt, Khosla & Sahni, 2003
*''[[Rugops]]'' Sereno, Wilson & Conrad, 2004
*''[[Spinostropheus]]'' Sereno, Wilson & Conrad, 2004
*''[[Suchomimus]]'' Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Gado, Larsson, Lyon, Marcot, Rauhut, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, G. P. Wilson & J. A. Wilson, 1998
==Bibliography==
* Wilson, J. A. and Sereno, P. C. (1994) Higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. ''[[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology]]'', Supplement 14:52A.
* Wilson, J.A. & Sereno, P.C. (1998). Early evolution and Higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. ''Society of Vertebrate Paleontology'', Memoir 5, 1-68. (includes definitions of the clades Macronaria and Somphospondyli)
* Sereno, P. C., Beck, A.L., Dutheil, D.B., Gado, B., Larsson, H.C.E., Lyon, G.H., Marcot, J. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Sadleir, R.W., Sidor, C.A., Varricchio, D.J., Wilson, G. P. & Wilson, J. A. 1998. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' 282:1298-1302. [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/282/5392/1298.pdf document in pdf format] (description of ''Suchomimus'', and [[Spinosauridae|spinosaur]] relationships)
* Wilson, J. A. and M. T. Carrano, (1999). Titanosaurs and the origin of 'wide-gauge' trackways: a biomechanical and systematic perspective on sauropod locomotion. [[Paleobiology (journal)|Paleobiology]] 25:252-267. (Titanosaurs had a different gait to earlier sauropods - the legs are spaced further apart, may have facilitated [[tripodal feeding]])
* Wilson, J. A., R. N. Martinez & O. Alcober. (1999). Distal tail segment of a titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' 19:591-594.
* Wilson, J A. (1999). A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs. ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' 19(4):639-653. ([[vertebral laminae]] can play an important role in sauropod calssification)
* Wilson, J.A. (1999) The evolution and phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 384pp [in 2 vols.]
* Sereno, P.C., Beck, A.L., Dutheil, D.B., Larsson, H.C.E., Lyon, G.H., Moussa, B., Sadleir, R.W., Sidor, C.A., Varricchio, D.J., Wilson, G. P. & Wilson, J. A., (1999), Cretaceous Sauropods from the Sahara and the Uneven Rate of Skeletal Evolution Among Dinosaurs, ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' 286(5443): 1342-1347 (Nov 12 1999) (describes two new African sauropods: ''Jobaria tiguidensis'', a late persisting primitive sauropod, and ''Nigersaurus taqueti'', a [[Rebbachisauridae|Rebbachisaur]]))
* Wilson, J.A., Malkani, M.S., and Gingerich, P.D. (2001) New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan). ''Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology'', University of Michigan 30(12): 321-336. (on ''Pabwehshi pakistanensis'')
* Wilson, J.A. (2002) Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis, ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' 136(2):215-275 (a detailed cladistic analysis of sauropod phylogeny)
* Wilson, J.A. and Upchurch, P (2003) A revision of ''Titanosaurus'' Lydekker (Dinosauria-Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a "Gondwanan" distribution, ''[[Journal of Systematic Palaeontology]]'' Volume 1 Issue 3 - September 2003 (a revision of 14 species of the genus ''Titanosaurus'' shows that only five of these are valid. The [[type species]] ''T. indicus'' is considered a ''[[nomen dubium]]'', and therefore the abandonment of suprageneric [[taxon|taxa]] based on it - e.g. Titanosaurinae, Titanosauridae, and Titanosauroidea - is suggested. The species ''T. colberti'' is renamed ''Isisaurus colberti'')
* Wilson, J.A., Sereno, P.C., Srivastava, S., Bhatt, D.K., Khosla, A. and Sahni, A. (2003) A new abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India. ''Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology'', University of Michigan 31(1):1-42 (description of ''Rajasaurus narmadensis'')
* Wilson, J.A. (2005). Redescription of the Mongolian sauropod ''Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis'' Nowinski (Dinosauria: Saurischia) and comments on Late Cretaceous sauropod diversity. ''Journal of Systematic Palaeontology'' 3: 283-318. (shows that ''Nemegtosaurus'' and ''[[Quaesitosaurus]]'' are closely related and belong to the titanosaur group, rather than the diplodocoidea; redefines the family [[Nemegtosauridae]]. See [http://dml.cmnh.org/2005Aug/msg00422.html New Nemegtosaurus paper] for more.
* [[Kristina Curry Rogers|Curry Rogers, K. A.]] and Wilson, J.A. 2005, ''The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology'', [[University of California Press]], Berkeley, ISBN 0-520-24623-3
* Wilson, J.A. (2005b) "Overview of Sauropod Phylogeny and Evolution", in ''The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology'' (broad overview of phylogenetic charactersitics and evolution development of the main sauropod [[clade]]s, also [[phylocode]]-style definitions for each clade.
* Wilson, J. A. and Sereno, P. C. (2005) "Structure and Evolution of a Sauropod Tooth Battery" in ''The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology'' (''Nigersaurus'' skull and dentition, illustrating Rebbachisaur feeding adaptations)
==External links==
*[http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5716&Itemid=66 Partial bibliography] at DinoData (note that several other Wilsons are included; the subject of this article is J.A. Wilson since the 1990s)
*[http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1616&Itemid=108 Dinosaurs named] by Jeffrey A. Wilson, at DinoData
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