Paul Barrett (palaeobiologist)

Paul Michael Barrett is a British vertebrate paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. His work primarily focuses on dinosaurs. The extinct dinosaur Vectipelta barretti is named in his honour.[1][2][3]

Biography

After undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge, Paul Barrett became Junior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge from 1996-1999, then Departmental Lecturer in Animal Diversity at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford from 1999-2003. He joined the Natural History Museum, London in 2012, becoming a Merit Researcher in 2012 [4]

He has more than 400 publications mentioned on Google Scholar.[5]

Awards

Barrett was presented with the President's medal of the Palaeontological Association in 2016[6] and the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society in 2011.

References

  1. ^ "Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered". June 16, 2023 – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ "New species of dinosaur named after Museum scientist Paul Barrett". www.nhm.ac.uk.
  3. ^ Weaver, Matthew (June 16, 2023). "Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Prof Paul Barrett". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Paul M Barrett". Google Scholar. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Past Awards". Palaeontological Association. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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