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{{short description|American paleontologist}}
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| field = [[Paleontologist]]
| work_institution = [[Western University of Health Sciences]]
| work_institution = [[Western University of Health Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Dave |title=Archosaurs: A new online exhibit |url=https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/2012/07/archosaurs-a-new-online-exhibit/ |publisher=UC Museum of Paleontology |date=July 24, 2012}}</ref>
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'''Mathew John Wedel''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[paleontologist]]. He is associate professor at the [[Western University of Health Sciences]] Department of Anatomy in [[California]]. Wedel studies [[sauropod]]s and the evolution of [[air sacs|pneumatic bones]] in dinosaurs. At Western University, Wedel teaches gross anatomy.<ref name="wedelpeerj">{{cite web|last=Wedel|first=M.J.|title=Profile - Mathew Wedel|url=https://peerj.com/MathewWedel/|publisher=PeerJ}}</ref> He has authored papers naming ''[[Aquilops]]'' (2014), ''[[Brontomerus]]'' (2011),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dell'amore |first1=Christine |title="Thunder Thighs" Dinosaur Thrashed Predators to Death? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/2/110223-thunder-thighs-new-dinosaur-species-fossils-science-brontomerus/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023743/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/2/110223-thunder-thighs-new-dinosaur-species-fossils-science-brontomerus/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |work=National Geographic News |date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Sauroposeidon]]'' (2000).<ref name="wedelpublications">{{cite web|last=Wedel|first=M.J.|title=CV and Publications|date=5 April 2010|url=https://sauroposeidon.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/welcome/|publisher=Mathew John Wedel}}</ref> He has published research exploring how some dinosaurs achieved large sizes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heeren |first1=Fredric |title=Dinosaurs: Rise of the titans |journal=Nature |date=July 2011 |volume=475 |issue=7355 |pages=159–161 |doi=10.1038/475159a|pmid=21753829 |doi-access= |s2cid=4351516 }}</ref> In 2016, he co-authored the book ''The Sauropod Dinosaurs.''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hallett |first1=Mark |last2=Wedel |first2=Matthew J. |title=The sauropod dinosaurs : life in the age of giants |date=November 2016 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1421420288 |oclc=975050451}}</ref>


Along with paleontologists [[Darren Naish]] and [[Mike P. Taylor]], he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://svpow.com/about/|title=About SV-POW!|date=1 October 2007|work=Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week|access-date=2020-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Mathew John Wedel''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[paleontologist]]. He is associate professor at the [[Western University of Health Sciences]] Department of Anatomy in [[California]]. Wedel studies [[sauropod]]s and the evolution of [[air sacs|pneumatic bones]] in dinosaurs. At Western University, Wedel teaches gross anatomy.<ref name="wedelpeerj">{{cite web|last=Wedel|first=M.J.|title=Profile - Mathew Wedel|url=https://peerj.com/MathewWedel/|publisher=PeerJ}}</ref> He has authored papers naming ''[[Aquilops]]'' (2014), ''[[Brontomerus]]'' (2011), and ''[[Sauroposeidon]]'' (2000).<ref name="wedelpublications">{{cite web|last=Wedel|first=M.J.|title=CV and Publications|url=https://sauroposeidon.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/welcome/|publisher=Mathew John Wedel}}</ref>

Along with paleontologists [[Darren Naish]] and [[Mike P. Taylor]], he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://svpow.com/about/|title=About SV-POW!|date=1 October 2007|work=Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week|accessdate=2020-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref>.


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1=Kraatz |first1=BP |last2=Sherratt |first2=E |last3=Bumacod |first3=N |last4=Wedel |first4=MJ |title=Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). |journal=PeerJ |date=2015 |volume=3 |pages=e844 |doi=10.7717/peerj.844 |pmid=25802812|pmc=4369340 |doi-access=free }}


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Mathew J. Wedel
Wedel beside the dorsal vertebra of Argentinosaurus
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontologist
InstitutionsWestern University of Health Sciences[1]

Mathew John Wedel is an American paleontologist. He is associate professor at the Western University of Health Sciences Department of Anatomy in California. Wedel studies sauropods and the evolution of pneumatic bones in dinosaurs. At Western University, Wedel teaches gross anatomy.[2] He has authored papers naming Aquilops (2014), Brontomerus (2011),[3] and Sauroposeidon (2000).[4] He has published research exploring how some dinosaurs achieved large sizes.[5] In 2016, he co-authored the book The Sauropod Dinosaurs.[6]

Along with paleontologists Darren Naish and Mike P. Taylor, he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Dave (July 24, 2012). "Archosaurs: A new online exhibit". UC Museum of Paleontology.
  2. ^ Wedel, M.J. "Profile - Mathew Wedel". PeerJ.
  3. ^ Dell'amore, Christine (February 25, 2011). ""Thunder Thighs" Dinosaur Thrashed Predators to Death?". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Wedel, M.J. (5 April 2010). "CV and Publications". Mathew John Wedel.
  5. ^ Heeren, Fredric (July 2011). "Dinosaurs: Rise of the titans". Nature. 475 (7355): 159–161. doi:10.1038/475159a. PMID 21753829. S2CID 4351516.
  6. ^ Hallett, Mark; Wedel, Matthew J. (November 2016). The sauropod dinosaurs : life in the age of giants. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421420288. OCLC 975050451.
  7. ^ "About SV-POW!". Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

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