Michael Benton
Michael Benton (vulgo Michael J. Benton) est professor vertebratorum palaeontologiae in Telluricarum Scientiarum Departimento apud Universitatem Bristoliensem. Publicavit opera maiore parte pertinentia ad evolutionem reptilium Triassicorum, sed egit etiam de extinctione faunae mutamentis in fossilibus.

Est socius Regalis Societatis Edinburgensis. Auctor est multorum textorum palaeontologicorum, e.g. Vertebrate Palaeontology ("Vertebratorum Palaeontologia"), atque librorum ad infantes. Ipse dedit consilium de productionibus televisificis, inclusa canalis BBC pellicula documentaria Ambulando cum dinosauris.

Opera 
 1988, The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods, Volumes 1 and 2 edited.
 1989, Prehistoric Animals.
 1990, On the trail of the dinosaurs.
 1991, The rise of the mammals.
 1993, The fossil record 2 edited.
 1995, Fossil reptiles of Great Britain, M. J. Benton et P. S. Spencer
 1996, The Penguin historical atlas of the dinosaurs, M. J. Benton in: The Viking atlas of evolution, M. J. Benton et R. Osborne.
 1997, Basic palaeontology, M. J. Benton et D. A. T. Harper Vertebrate palaeontology (Second edition).
 2000, The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, edited by M. J. Benton, D. M. Unwin, M. A. Shishkin et E. N. Kurochkin.
 2002, Permian and Triassic red beds and the Penarth Group of Great Britain, M. J. Benton, E. Cook, et P. J. Turner
 2003, When life nearly died: the greatest mass extinction of all time.
 2005, Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammals and birds of Great Britain, M. J. Benton, L. Cook, D. Schreve, A Currant, et J. J. Hooker, "Vertebrate palaeontology" (Third edition).

Nexus externi 
 Michael Benton apud Universitas Bristoliensis

Nati 1956
Homines vivi
Zoologi Britanniae
Palaeontologi Britanniae
Auctores Anglici
Professores Universitatis Bristoliensis
Socii Regalis Societatis Edinburgensis
Socii Regalis Societatis Londiniensis