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Dr. Mary Dawson
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Name: Dr. Mary Dawson

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Genus: Paleontologist

Species: Acting director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History and is an adjunct professor, Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Place of Origin: Michigan, USA

Habitat:   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

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Mary Dawson  was the 
Paleontologist  of the Month
on 
Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette Dino Dish
from July 1-31, 1999

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 Dr.Mary Dawson is an expert of fossil mammals, concentrating on early Tertiary faunas and the evolution of rodents and rabbits. In 1981, she received the prestigious Arnold Guyot Prize, awarded by the National Geographic Society in recognition of her research in the Arctic, which produced fossil evidence that North America and Europe were linked and shared the same animal types 45 - 48 million years ago.  Her research validated the plate tectonics theory of continental evolution.
        A native of Michigan, Dr. Dawson received her BS from Michigan State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.  She came to Carnegie Museum of Natural History as a research associate in the section of Vertebrate Paleontology in 1962 and was appointed curator in 1970. She has also served as acting director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History and is an adjunct professor, Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. 
 
 
   June, 1999
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photo of Bulletin Dawn of the Age of Mammals in Asia Bulletin of Carnegie Museum no. 34 edited by K. Christopher Beard and  Mary R. Dawson; 1998.
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