Gregory M. Erickson

Gregory M. Erickson, Ph.D. in paleobiology at Florida State University.

Gregory M. Erickson
Scientific career
Fields	Paleobiology
Institutions	Florida State University

Erickson has published many papers on the ontogeny and growth patterns of alligators and dinosaurs, especially on the theropod Tyrannosaurus rex. Erickson has also been contributing when naming and describing some dinosaur genera, like Guanlong (2006) and Limusaurus (2009). He is a strong proponent to the idea of a dinosaurian origin of birds.^[1]

Erickson has been featured in BBC’s program The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, in which he estimates the bite force of Tyrannosaurus rex. He was also featured in an episode of Science Of Sex Appeal (Discovery Channel), which discuss how dinosaurs reproduced.

Below is a list of taxa that Erickson has contributed to naming:

Year	Taxon	Authors
2023	Sikuomys mikros gen. et sp. nov.	Eberle, Clemens, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[2]
2019	Unnuakomys hutchisoni gen. et sp. nov.	Eberle, Clemens, McCarthy, Fiorillo, Erickson, & Druckenmiller[3]
2019	Psittacosaurus amitabha sp. nov.	Napoli, Hunt, Erickson, & Norell[4]
2016	Eotrachodon orientalis gen. et sp. nov.	Prieto-Marquez, Erickson, & Ebersole[5]
2014	Aorun zhaoi gen. et sp. nov.	Choiniere, Clark, Forster, Norell, Eberth, Erickson, Chu, & Xu[6]
2010	Beishanlong grandis gen. et sp. nov.	Makovicky, Li, Gao, Lewin, Erickson, & Norell[7]
2009	Limusaurus inextricabilis gen. et sp. nov.	Xu, Clark, Mo, Chorniere, Forster, Erickson, Hone, Sullivan, Eberth, Nesbitt, Zhao, Hernandez, Jia, Han, & Guo[8]
2009	Alioramus altai sp. nov.	Brusatte, Carr, Erickson, Bever, & Norell[9]
2006	Guanlong wucaii gen. et sp. nov.	Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia, & Zhao[10]