Kristina Curry Rogers

Kristina A. Curry Rogers is a vertebrate paleontologist and currently Assistant Professor in geology and biology at Macalester College. She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Montana State University, and a M.Sc. Ph.D. in Anatomical Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/explorations/bio_curryrogers.html |title=Kristi Curry-Rogers |accessdate=2008-08-02 |work=The Shape of Life |publisher=Public Broadcasting Service |date= ] Her work focuses on questions of dinosaur biology, bone histology, growth, and evolution, especially the Titanosauria, on which she wrote her doctoral dissertation. Together with Catherine Forster, Associate Professor and her teacher at Stony Brook, she discovered and described "Rapetosaurus", the most complete Cretaceous sauropod and titanosaur found to date.

Through cladistic analysis of "Rapetosaurus" and other titanosaurs, Curry Rogers was able to revise the phylogeny of the titanosaurs (see Curry Rogers 2005).

References

Partial bibliography

* Curry, K. A. 1999. Ontogenetic histology of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda): New insights on growth rates and longevity. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 19:(654-665).
* Castanet, J., K. Curry Rogers, J. Cubo, and J. J. Boisard. 2000. Quantification of periosteal osteogenesis in ostrich and emu: Implications for studies of extinct dinosaurian bone histology. "Comptes Rendus l'Academie des Sciences".
* Erickson, G.M., K. Curry Rogers, and S. A. Yerby. 2001. Dinosaurian growth patterns and rapid avian growth rates. "Nature" 412: 429-433.
* Curry Rogers, K. and C. A. Forster. 2001. The last of the dinosaur titans: a new sauropod from Madagascar. "Nature" 412: 530-534.
* Curry Rogers, K. 2001. "Growth Rates among the dinosaurs" in "The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs" (Paul, G., ed.). pp. 297-309.
* Curry Rogers, K and Forster, C. A. (2004) The skull of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 24(1): 121-143.
* Curry Rogers, K. A. and Wilson, J.A., 2005, "The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology", University of California Press, Berkeley, ISBN 0-520-24623-3
* Curry Rogers, K. A., 2005, "Titanosauria: A Phylogenetic Overview" "in" Curry Rogers and Wilson (eds), "The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology" pp.50-103

External links

* [http://www.macalester.edu/geology/People/Index.html#krogers Kristi Curry Rogers] - Macalester College Geology Department
* [http://ltc.smm.org/buzz/museum/ask/rogers She studies dinos in Madagascar] Questions and answers about Roger's research from Science Museum of Minnesota visitors.
* [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0801_madagascardino.html Skeleton of New Dinosaur "Titan" Found in Madagascar] - D.L. Parsell - National Geographic News, August 1, 2001