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Michael Pittman
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
685 Points

Contributions by role

Author 405
Preprint Author 175
Reviewer 105

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Evolutionary Studies
Paleontology
Taxonomy
Zoology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Ecology

Michael Pittman

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am a multi-disciplinary vertebrate palaeontologist from Hong Kong. I pursued a PhD on ‘the evolution and biomechanics of dinosaurian tails’ with Profs. Paul Upchurch (UCL, UK) and John Hutchinson (RVC, UK), completing in 2012. My primary interests are the evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs (particularly the origins of birds), laser-based fossil imaging and the evolutionary biomechanics of vertebrates (especially dinosaurs). Much of my work is focused on Chinese fossil material that I study with Prof. Xu Xing (IVPP, Beijing) and other colleagues.

Biogeography Ecology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Taxonomy Zoology

Editorial Board Member

Work details

Research Assistant Professor

The University of Hong Kong
Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • ResearchGate
  • Profile on departmental website
  • Lab website

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Preprints 5
  • Reviewed 2
December 7, 2015
The first dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation of Nei Mongol, China
Michael Pittman, Rui Pei, Qingwei Tan, Xing Xu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1480 PubMed 26664809
June 9, 2015
The taxonomy of a new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid specimen IVPP V20341 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China
Michael Pittman, Xing Xu, Josef B. Stiegler
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.986 PubMed 26082871
March 26, 2015
A specimen of Paralycoptera Chang & Chou 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from Hong Kong (China) with a potential Late Jurassic age that extends the temporal and geographical range of the genus
Tze-Kei Tse, Michael Pittman, Mee-mann Chang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.865 PubMed 25834774
September 4, 2015 - Version: 1
The first dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation of Nei Mongol, China
Michael Pittman, Rui Pei, Xing Xu
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1340v1
September 2, 2015 - Version: 1
Using crocodilian tails as models for dinosaur tails
Heinrich Mallison, Michael Pittman, Daniela Schwarz
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1339v1
August 27, 2015 - Version: 1
Insights into iguanodontian dental architecture from an Early Cretaceous Chinese basal hadrosauriform maxilla (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia)
Michael Pittman, Xing Xu, Jason R Ali, Rui Pei, Waisum Ma, Jin Meng, Shundong Bi
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1329v1
December 19, 2014 - Version: 1
A specimen of Paralycoptera Chang & Chou 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from Hong Kong (China) with a potential Late Jurassic age that extends the temporal and geographical range of the genus
Tze-Kei Tse, Michael Pittman, Meemann Chang
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.725v1
December 16, 2014 - Version: 1
The taxonomy of a new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid specimen IVPP V20341 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China
Michael Pittman, Xing Xu, Josef B. Stiegler
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.702v1

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January 26, 2018
The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria
Oliver W.M. Rauhut, Christian Foth, Helmut Tischlinger
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4191 PubMed 29383285
June 18, 2015
The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird?
Andrea Cau, Tom Brougham, Darren Naish
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1032 PubMed 26157616