MCGOWAN, Christopher

MCGOWAN, Christopher. British, b. 1942. Genres: Zoology, Children's non-fiction. Career: Royal Ontario Museum, Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, curatorial assistant, 1969-70, assistant curator, 1970-74, associate curator, 1974-80, curator, 1980-, department of palaeobiology, senior curator, 1994-2002; University of Toronto, Department of Zoology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, associate professor, 1972- 89, professor, 1990-. Publications: Evolutionary Trends in Longipinnate Ichthyosaurs, with Particular Reference to the Skull and Fore Fin, 1972; Differential Growth in Three Ichthyosaurs: Ichthyosaurus Communis, I. Breviceps, and Stenopterygius Quadriscissus, 1973; The Cranial Morphology of the Lower Liassic Latipinnate Ichthyosaurs of England, 1973; A Revision of the Latipinnate Ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, 1974; In the Beginning@el3: A Scientist Shows Why the Creationists Are Wrong, 1983; The Successful Dragons: A Natural History of Extinct Reptiles, 1983; Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons, 1991; Discover Dinosaurs: Become a Dinosaur Detective, 1992; Diatoms to Dinosaurs: The Size and Scale of Living Things, 1994; Make Your Own Dinosaur out of Chicken Bones: Foolproof Instructions for Budding Paleontologists, 1997; The Raptor and the Lamb: Predators and Prey in the Living World, 1997; A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics, 1999; T. Rex to Go: Build Your Own from Chicken Bones, 1999; Dinosaur: Digging up a Giant, 1999; The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin, 2001. Contributor to scholarly publications. Address: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2C6. Online address: scripta1@aol.com