User:Abyssal/Eric Göhre

Eric Gohre is a private sector paleontologist notable for several Mesozoic reptile discoveries in California.

Bio

Gohre first became involved in paleontology while a senior in high school. That year he collected mollusk fossils for a school assignment. He went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in geology from California State University, Chico and graduated in 1984. Gohre has performed field work in the states of California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. He has accumulated a private collection of several thousand fossils. Some of these specimens have served as the basis for scientific research. Gohre discovered the only Mesozoic bird remains to be scientifically documented in California. These were Hesperornis, Ichthyonis, and a neognath. Other significant Californian fossil finds attributable to Gohre are the first documented mosasaur remains preserved north of Sacramento, two pterosaur specimens which are among the first documented members of the group in the state's history, and significant Mesozoic turtle remains. Gohre has donated a significant number of reptile fossils from his personal collection to the Sierra College Natural History Museum and the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Gohre creates artistic reconstructions of ancient life. Professionally, Gohre is an employed at an environmental paleontological monitoring firm.

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See also

• Paleontology in California

References

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/paleobios/abstracts_21to25.php

• Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. ISBN 9780520233157.

Category: 1959 births