Matthew A. Brown

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Matthew Brown began his career in paleontology 25 years ago as a fossil preparator at the University of Chicago, and subsequently worked for The Field Museum, Petrified Forest National Park, and The University of Texas at Austin. He has taught preparation and field methods formally and informally at The University of Texas at Austin, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the University of Chicago, and Cal State San Bernardino, and he has done field and collections work on five continents. Currently, he is director of the Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, and supervises modern and paleontological research collections and laboratory facilities, conducts research in laboratory methods, and writes about the history of paleontology, specifically fossil preparation and field work, and has raised more than $400,000 in support of collections endowments. Brown has a M.Sc. in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, and a certificate in non-profit management from The University of Texas at Austin Division of Continuing and Innovative Education, and serves on the Ghost Ranch Museums Advisory Board.

Selected Publications

May, S. R. and M.A. Brown. 2023. Anchitheriomys buceei (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Miocene of Texas and a review of the Miocene beavers from the Texas Coastal Plain, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, 26(1):a8.

Holliday, C.M., Sellers, K., Lessner, E., Middleton, K., Cranor, C., Verhulst, C., Lautenschalger, S., Bader, K., Brown, M.A., Colbert, M. 2022. New Frontiers in Imaging, Anatomy and Mechanics of Crocodylian Jaw Muscles. The Anatomical Record.

Brown, M. A. and A. D. Marsh. 2021. “The Real Dilophosaurus.” Scientific American 324(1):46-53

Brown, M.A., J. C. Sagebiel, and B. Andres. 2021. The discovery, local distribution, and curation of the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs from Big Bend National Park; pp. 1-18 in Padian, K., and M.A. Brown, The Late Cretaceous pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 19. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (2, Supplement).

Parker, W. G., S.J. Nesbitt, R.B. Irmis, J. Martz, A.D. Marsh., M. R. Stocker, S. Werning, M. A. Brown. 2021. Osteology, Histology, and Relationships of Revueltosaurus callenderi (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA. The Anatomical Record.

Brown, M.A. and C.M. Holliday. 2021. Non-traditional applications of fire in fossil preparation. Palaeontologia Electronica, 24(2):a22. Brown, M.A. 2019. Storage at a Glance: Fossils and Amber, in: Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. Elkin, L. and Waller, R., eds. pp. 864-865

Davidson, A., R. Perkins Arenstein, G. Brown, J. Groenke and M, Brown. 2019. Cyclododecane and Fossil Vertebrates: Some Applications for Matrix Removal, Moulding and Shipping, in: Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation, C. Rozeik ed. pp. 107-119

Stocker, M.R., S.J. Nesbitt, K. E. Criswell, W. G. Parker, L. M. Witmer, T. B. Rowe, R. Ridgely, M. A. Brown. 2016. A dome-headed stem-archosaur exemplifies convergence among dinosaurs and their distant relatives. Current Biology. 26 (19), 2674-2680 Brown, M. A. 2013. The development of “modern” palaeontological laboratory methods: a century of progress. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 103, 205-216.

Bell, C. J., M. A. Brown, M. R. Dawson, E. L. Lundelius. 2013. A brief sketch of the life and works of Wann Langston, Jr. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 103, 189-204.

Brown, M. A., M. Smith, S. Jabo, A. Telfer. 2010. The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit fossil preparation lab Volunteer Training Programme. Part II: Training and evaluating student preparators. The Geological Curator 9 (3): 179-186.

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