Mathew John Wedel is an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

paleontologist Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...

. He is associate professor at the

Western University of Health Sciences Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a Private university, private medical school, medical university in Pomona, California. With an enrollment of 3,724 students (2022–23), WesternU offers more than twenty academic programs in m ...

Department of Anatomy in

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. Wedel studies

sauropod Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their b ...

s and the evolution of pneumatic bones in dinosaurs. At Western University, Wedel teaches gross anatomy. He has authored papers naming ''

Aquilops ''Aquilops'' is an early herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur dating from the Early Cretaceous of North America, approximately 109 million to 104 million years ago. The type species is ''A. americanus''. Description The skull is 84.2 mm long. ...

'' (2014), ''

Brontomerus ''Brontomerus'' (from Greek ''bronte'' meaning "thunder", and ''merós'' meaning "thigh") is a genus of Camarasauromorpha, camarasauromorph sauropod which lived during the early Cretaceous (Aptian or Albian age, approximately 110 million years ag ...

'' (2011), and ''

Sauroposeidon ''Sauroposeidon'' ( ; meaning "lizard earthquake deity, god", after the Greek god Poseidon) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from several incomplete specimens including a bone bed and fossilized trackways that have been found in the U.S. st ...

'' (2000). He has published research exploring how some dinosaurs achieved large sizes. In 2016, he co-authored the book ''The Sauropod Dinosaurs.'' Along with paleontologists

Darren Naish Darren William Naish (born 26 September 1975) is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author and science communicator. As a researcher, he is best known for his work describing and reevaluating dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles, including ...

and

Mike P. Taylor Michael Paul Taylor (born 12 March 1968) is a British computer programmer with a Ph.D. in palaeontology. To date, he has published 31 paleontological papers and is co-credited with naming three genera of dinosaur ('' Xenoposeidon'' in 2007 with ...

, he founded the paleontology blog Sauropod Vertebrae Picture of the Week.

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