Alan Jack Charig

Alan Jack Charig (* 1 July 1927, London – † 15 July 1997, London), English palaeontologist.

• Curator of Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds at the British Museum (Natural History), London, England, United Kingdon (1961–1987)

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 8 taxon names authored by Alan Jack Charig

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1986

• Charig, A.J. & Milner, A.C. 1986. Baryonyx, a remarkable new theropod dinosaur. Nature 324(6095): 359–361. DOI: 10.1038/324359a0 Reference page. 

1992

• Charig, A.J. & Newman, B.H. 1992. Case 2857. Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): proposed replacement of inappropriate lectotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(4): 280–283. BHL Reference page. 

2013

• Nesbitt, S.J., Barrett, P.M., Werning, S., Sidor, C.A., & Charig, A.J. 2013. The oldest dinosaur? A Middle Triassic dinosauriform from Tanzania. Biology Letters 9(1): 20120949. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0949 . PMC: 3565515. PMID: 23221875 Reference page. 

2017

• Nesbitt, S.J., Butler, R.J., Ezcurra, M.D., Barrett, P.M., Stocker, M.R., Angielczyk, K.D., Smith, R.M.H., Sidor, C.A., Niedźwiedzki, G., Sennikov, A.G. & Charig, A.J. 2017. The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan. Nature 544: 484–487. DOI: 10.1038/nature22037 ResearchGate Reference page. 

References

• Moody, R.T.J. & Naish, D. 2010. Alan Jack Charig (1927-1997): An overview of his academic accomplishments and role in the world of fossil reptile research. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 343: 89–109. DOI: 10.1144/SP343.6