Michael Pittman

Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong

Major works

Pittman, M. & Xu, X. (editors). 2020. Pennaraptoran theropod dinosaurs: past progress & new frontiers. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 440: 353pp.

Pei, R., Pittman, M. et al. 2020. Combining phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data reveals gradual build-up of powered flight potential among close avian relatives. Current Biology, 30(2): 4033-4046.68.

Xu, X., Currie, P., Pittman, M. et al. 2017. Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features. Nature Communications, 8: 14972.

Wang, X.L., Pittman, M. et al. 2017. Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline. Nature Communications, 8: 14576.

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About me

Michael is a multi-disciplinary vertebrate palaeontologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He earned a BSc and MSc in geology at UCL and pursued a PhD there on ‘the evolution and biomechanics of dinosaurian tails’ completing in 2012.