About Bruce Runnegar
Born 1941. Bruce Runnegar is an Australian paleontologist, university teacher and malacologist.
Bruce Norman Runnegar (born 2 February 1941, Brisbane) is an Australian-born paleontologist and professor at UCLA. His research centers on using the fossil record to determine how, where, and when life originated and evolved. He has published on a wide variety of topics, including the phylogeny of molluscs,
He was the Foundation editor of the Australian palaeontology journal, Alcheringa in 1974. He was President of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists from 1984 to 1985.
Honors and awards Recipient of the Mawson Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1981) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1987) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993) Fellow of the Geological Society of America (1998) Recipient of the Lapworth Medal (2009) Recipient of the Paleontological Society Medal (2010)
Personal life Runnegar is married to wife, Maria. They have one daughter.
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Australian paleontologist
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Bruce Runnegar was born on 2 February 1941 in Brisbane.
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Bruce Runnegar is a paleontologist, university teacher and malacologist.
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Bruce Runnegar is Australian.
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