Michael Benton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Benton

British palaeontologist

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1956

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: university teacher, paleontologist, non-fiction writer, herpetologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Michael James Benton (born 8 April 1956) is a British palaeontologist, and professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.
His published work has mostly concentrated on the evolution of Triassic reptiles but he has also worked on extinction events and faunal changes in the fossil record.