Niels Bonde

Summary

Born 1940. Copenhagen University, student 1959 - 65 at Geological Museum, 1965-69 amanuensis same inst, 1970 moved to Geological Inst as Senior Lecturer, retired 2005, now emeritus at Zoological Museum (in State Nat-hist. Museum, Cph. Univ). 1970-80 also Ext. Lecturer in Geol. Inst., Aarhus Univ., 2023 emer. same place.
Paleogene and Cretac teleosts, espec. Eocene in DK; marine reptiles; pterosaurs-dinosaurs-early birds; Triassic East-Greenland; palaeoceanography; hominid phylogeny and classif.; cladistic classif. in general; palaeontol. species problems; outreach in evol. theory and Danish fossils and some exhibitions in Geol. Museum (hominids 1981 -2010). Chair of Palaeont Club (of Dan. Geol. Soc.) ca 25 y till 2005. Senior Scientist at Fur Museum, NW-Jutland.
Co-work: Smithsonian; NHM London; Mus. Paleont. Paris; Berlin, Karlsruhe; Verona, Bolca, Padua, Torino; Warsaw; Beijing & Beipiao China; Tyrrell Mus Canada; UNAM Mex. City; div. coll. Brazil; Lund & Stockholm Sweden.
Playing soccer since 1950 (and handball and badminton in periods). Married 1967-92.
Kids (girl 1967; boy 1975: latter 3 grandchildren), 2015 married to Maria Leal (Brazil, Cretac fish , turtles, pterosaurs, some co-work), son from 2016 (dino-freak).

Biodiversity Biogeography Developmental Biology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Taxonomy Zoology

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