Elizabeth Nicholls

For the suffragist in South Australia, see Elizabeth Webb Nicholls.
Elizabeth L. Nicholls
Born (1946-01-31)January 31, 1946
Oakland, California
Died October 18, 2004(2004-10-18) (aged 58)
Nationality American, Canadian
Fields Paleontology
Institutions Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley, University of Calgary
Doctoral advisor Samuel P. Welles

Elizabeth (Betsy) L. Nicholls (January 31, 1946 October 18, 2004) was a American-Canadian paleontologist who specialized in Triassic marine reptiles.[1] She was a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada.

Nicholls was Born in Oakland, California, and received her undergraduate degree in 1968 from the University of California, Berkeley and her graduate degrees, an M.Sc. in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1989, from the University of Calgary, working under Samuel Paul Welles.[2] She was the co-editor with American vertebrate paleontologist Jack M. Callaway of the book Ancient Marine Reptiles. Latoplatecarpus nichollsae was named in her honor.[1]

Nicholls was a 2000 Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate for exploration for her leadership in excavating the remains of a large ichthyosaur, Shonisaurus sikanniensis (Nicholls & Manabe, 2004), from the Upper Triassic Pardonet Formation in a remote area of the Sikanni Chief River in British Columbia.[3][4]

Nichols died from cancer in 2004 at age 58.[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Misunderstood Mosasaur: New Genus Discovered". Scientific Canadian.
  2. Turner, S.; Burek, C. V.; Moody, R. T. J. (2010). "Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man's) world". In Moody, Richard. Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 343. pp. 111–153. doi:10.1144/SP343.7.
  3. "ELIZABETH NICHOLLS 2000 Laureate, Exploration Canada, 1945-2004". Rolex Awards for Excellence. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. "From Feet to Flippers". ucalgary.ca.
  5. "Unearthing a Giant". Rolex Awards for Enterprise. Retrieved February 25, 2015.


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