Corwin Sullivan
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Canadian vertebrate palaeontologist
CitizenshipCanadian
KnownforArchosaur palaeobiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Alberta
Corwin Sullivan | |
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| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Known for | Archosaur palaeobiology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Alberta |
Corwin Sullivan is a Canadian vertebrate palaeontologist known for his research into the evolution of archosaurs.
Sullivan completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, going on to earn a master's degree from the University of Toronto at Mississauga and a doctorate from Harvard University. After spending time as a faculty member at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), he became the inaugural holder of the Philip J. Currie Professorship in Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Alberta, named after Philip J. Currie. He also serves as the curator of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Grande Prairie, Alberta.[1]
Sullivan has extensively studied the functional morphology of theropod dinosaurs, especially those phylogenetically close to birds, in an effort to gain insight as to how wings evolved in the theropod lineage.[2]
Below is a list of taxa that Sullivan has contributed to naming:
| Year | Taxon | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gremlin slobodorum gen. et sp. nov. | Ryan, Micucci, Rizo, Sullivan, Lee, & Evans[3] |
| 2022 | Confuciusornis shifan sp. nov. | Wang, Hu, Zhang, Wang, Zhao, Sullivan, & Xu[4] |
| 2020 | Oksoko avarsan gen. et sp. nov. | Funston, Tsogtbaatar, Tsogtbaatar, Kobayashi, Sullivan, & Currie[5] |
| 2019 | Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis gen. et. sp. nov. | Yao, Liao, Sullivan, & Xu[6] |
| 2015 | Ischioceratops zhuchengensis gen. et sp. nov. | He, Makovicky, Wang, Chen, Sullivan, Han, & Xu[7] |
| 2015 | Yi qi gen. et sp. nov. | Xu, Zheng, Sullivan, Wang, Xing, Wang, Zhang, O'Connor, Zhang, & Pan[8] |
| 2013 | Ganzhousaurus nankangensis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Sun, Sullivan, & Xu[9] |
| 2012 | Xiangornis shenmi gen. et sp. nov. | Hu, Xu, Hou, & Sullivan[10] |
| 2012 | Yutyrannus huali gen. et sp. nov. | Xu, Wang, Zhang, Ma, Xing, Sullivan, Hu, Cheng, & Wang[11] |
| 2011 | Zhuchengtyrannus magnus gen. et sp. nov. | Hone, Wang, Sullivan, Zhao, Chen, Li, Ji, Ji, & Xu[12] |
| 2010 | Linheraptor exquisitus gen. et sp. nov. | Xu, Choiniere, Pittman, Tan, Xiao, Li, Tan, Clark, Norell, Hone, & Sullivan[13] |
References
- ↑ Pascoe, Jennifer. "Evidence of evolution". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ Sullivan, Corwin; Hone, David W. E.; Xu, Xing; Zhang, Fucheng (7 July 2010). "The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1690): 2027–2033. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.2281. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2880093. PMID 20200032. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
- ↑ Ryan, M. J.; Micucci, L.; Rizo, H.; Sullivan, Corwin; Lee, Y.-N.; Evans, David Christopher (2023). "New Late Cretaceous leptoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada". In Lee, Y.-N. (ed.). Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs. Seoul: Dinosaur Science Center Press. pp. 151–165. ISBN 978-89-5708-358-1.
- ↑ Wang, Renfei; Hu, Dongyu; Zhang, Meisheng; Wang, Shiying; Zhao, Qi; Sullivan, Corwin; Xu, Xing (21 December 2022). "A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode". Communications Biology. 5 (1) 1398. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04316-6. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 9772404. PMID 36543908.
- ↑ Funston, Gregory F.; Chinzorig, Tsogtbaatar; Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu; Sullivan, Corwin; Currie, Philip John (7 October 2020). "A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria". Royal Society Open Science. 7 (10) 201184. Bibcode:2020RSOS....701184F. doi:10.1098/rsos.201184. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7657903. PMID 33204472.
- ↑ Yao, Xi; Liao, Chun-Chi; Sullivan, Corwin; Xu, Xing (22 March 2019). "A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China". Scientific Reports. 9 (1) 5026. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9.5026Y. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41560-z. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6430829. PMID 30903000.
- ↑ He, Yiming; Makovicky, Peter J.; Wang, Kebai; Chen, Shuqing; Sullivan, Corwin; Han, Fenglu; Xu, Xing (23 December 2015). Farke, Andrew A. (ed.). "A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a Unique Ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China". PLOS ONE. 10 (12) e0144148. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044148H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144148. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4689537. PMID 26701114.
- ↑ Xu, Xing; Zheng, Xiaoting; Sullivan, Corwin; Wang, Xiaoli; Xing, Lida; Wang, Yan; Zhang, Xiaomei; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Zhang, Fucheng; Pan, Yanhong (29 April 2015). "A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings". Nature. 521 (7550): 70–73. Bibcode:2015Natur.521...70X. doi:10.1038/nature14423. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 25924069. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Nature Publishing Group.
- ↑ Wang, Shuo; Sun, Chengkai; Sullivan, Corwin; Xu, Xing (17 April 2013). "A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China". Zootaxa. 3640 (2): 242–257. Bibcode:2013Zoot.36400.2.7W. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26000415. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Hu, Dongyu; Xu, Xing; Hou, Lianhai; Sullivan, Corwin (3 May 2012). "A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 639–645. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..639H. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.652321. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 8 April 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Xu, Xing; Wang, Kebai; Zhang, Ke; Ma, Qingyu; Xing, Lida; Sullivan, Corwin; Hu, Dongyu; Cheng, Shuqing; Wang, Shuo (4 April 2012). "A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China". Nature. 484 (7392): 92–95. Bibcode:2012Natur.484...92X. doi:10.1038/nature10906. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 22481363. Retrieved 6 April 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
- ↑ Hone, David W. E.; Wang, Kebai; Sullivan, Corwin; Zhao, Xijin; Chen, Shuqing; Li, Dunjin; Ji, Shuan; Ji, Qiang; Xu, Xing (August 2011). "A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. 32 (4): 495–503. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005. Retrieved 28 April 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ↑ Xu, Xing; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Pittman, Michael; Tan, Qingwei; Xiao, Dong; Li, Zhiquan; Tan, Lin; Clark, James M.; Norell, Mark A.; Hone, David W. E.; Sullivan, Corwin (19 March 2010). "A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China". Zootaxa. 2403 (1). Bibcode:2010Zoot.24033.1.1X. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2403.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 7 April 2026.