We review the distinguished and varied career of our friend and colleague, palaeontologist Dr. Dale A. Russell, following the recent news of his death. Dale relished his work and approached his research — whether it be on mosasaur systematics, dinosaur extinction, or the evolution of animal intelligence — with great gusto. A deep and contextual thinker, Dale had a penchant for metanarrative rarely equaled in these times of increased research specialization. This quality, combined with his outgoing and collaborative nature, allowed Dale to make friends and colleagues with highly varied research interests throughout the world. We remember Dale fondly and cherish the opportunity to share the stories of his adventures (and misadventures) across the globe.
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December 07, 2020
Dale Alan Russell (1937–2019): voyageur of a vanished world1
Stephen L. Cumbaa;
Stephen L. Cumbaa
a
Beaty Centre for Species Discovery and Palaeobiology Section, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada.
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Philip J. Currie;
Philip J. Currie
b
CW 405, Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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Peter Dodson;
Peter Dodson
c
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.d
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Jordan C. Mallon
a
Beaty Centre for Species Discovery and Palaeobiology Section, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada.e
Department of Earth Sciences, 2115 Herzberg Laboratories, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.Corresponding author: Jordan C. Mallon (email: [email protected]).
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Stephen L. Cumbaa
a
Beaty Centre for Species Discovery and Palaeobiology Section, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada.
Philip J. Currie
b
CW 405, Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
Peter Dodson
c
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.d
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.Corresponding author: Jordan C. Mallon (email: [email protected]).
Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing
Received:
04 Sep 2020
Accepted:
26 Nov 2020
First Online:
16 Sep 2021
Online ISSN: 1480-3313
Print ISSN: 0008-4077
Published by NRC Research Press
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2021) 58 (9): 731–740.
Article history
Received:
04 Sep 2020
Accepted:
26 Nov 2020
First Online:
16 Sep 2021
Citation
Stephen L. Cumbaa, Philip J. Currie, Peter Dodson, Jordan C. Mallon; Dale Alan Russell (1937–2019): voyageur of a vanished world1. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 2020;; 58 (9): 731–740. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2020-0163
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