Karol Sabath

Karol Sabath (1963-2007) was a Polish biologist, paleontologist and paleoartist. He was employed by the Instytut Paleobiologii of the Polska Akademia Nauk - Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He was also working for the National Geographic magazine, Museum of the Polish Geological Institute, European edition of the Scientific American and various publishing houses in Poland. He was an author of many children popular-science books, translations and popular-science articles in main Polish national newspapers. He was a scientific advisor for many popular-science events, including reconstructions of paleobiological environment and specimens (Baltow Jurassic Park).

He was a member of one of the Polish - Mongolian Paleobiological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert. His scientific interests included dinosaur eggs and babies and dinosaur tracks. In 2003, Sabath and Hurum demonstrated that "Tarbosaurus" is a relative of "Alioramus", and not a species of "Tyrannosaurus". This was based on supporting evidence for the hypothesis that tyrannosaurids originated in Asia, and then migrated to North America.

He was a co-founder of Polish Evolutionary Wortal [http://www.ewolucja.org ewolucja.org] and Paleobiology Website [http://www.paleontologia.pl paleontologia.pl]

He was a Wikipedia Editor and DMOZ Editor.

Publications

*Sabath, K. 1991. Upper Cretaceous amniotic eggs from the Gobi Desert:: Acta Paleontologica Polonica, v. 36, p. 151-192.
*Mikhailov, K., Sabath, K., and Kurzanov, S., 1994. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia:: in Carpenter, K., Hirsch, K.F., and Horner, J.R., eds., Dinosaur Eggs and Babies: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 88–115.
*Hurum JH & Sabath K. (2003). Giant theropod dinosaurs from Asia and North America: Skulls of Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex compared. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (2), 161-190
*Currie, Philip J.; Hurum, Jørn H; & Sabath, Karol. (2003). "Skull structure and evolution in tyrannosaurid phylogeny" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica volume=48 (2): 227–234.
*Gierlinski,G.& Sabath,K.2002: A probable stegosaurian track from the Late Jurassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47,561 –564.
*Jacek Balerstet, Karol Sabath, 2004. "Podstawy ewolucjonizmu" ("eng." "The Basics of Evolutionism") . Wyd. Operon.

See also

*"Tarbosaurus"
*"Tyrannosaurus"