Corwin Sullivan

Corwin Sullivan is a Canadian vertebrate palaeontologist known for his research into the evolution of archosaurs.

Career Sullivan completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, going on to earn a master's degree from the University of Toronto at Mississauga and a doctorate from Harvard University. After spending time as a faculty member at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), he became the inaugural holder of the Philip J. Currie Professorship in Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Alberta, named after Philip J. Currie. He also serves as the curator of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Sullivan has extensively studied the functional morphology of theropod dinosaurs, especially those phylogenetically close to birds, in an effort to gain insight as to how wings evolved in the theropod lineage.

Below is a list of taxa that Sullivan has contributed to naming: YearTaxonAuthors2024Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov.Han, Yang, Lou, Sullivan, Xu, Qiu, Liu, Yu, Wu, Ke, Xu, Hu, & Lu 2023Gremlin slobodorum gen. et sp. nov.Ryan, Micucci, Rizo, Sullivan, Lee, & Evans 2022Baisesaurus robustus gen. et sp. nov.Ren, Jiang, Xiang, Sullivan, He, Cheng, & Han 2022Confuciusornis shifan sp. nov.Wang, Hu, Zhang, Wang, Zhao, Sullivan, & Xu 2020Oksoko avarsan gen. et sp. nov.Funston, Tsogtbaatar, Tsogtbaatar, Kobayashi, Sullivan, & Currie 2019Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis gen. et. sp. nov.Yao, Liao, Sullivan, & Xu 2018Bannykus wulatensis gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Choiniere, Tan, Benson, Clark, Sullivan, Zhao, Han, Ma, He, Wang, Xing, & Tan 2018Xiyunykus pengi gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Choiniere, Tan, Benson, Clark, Sullivan, Zhao, Han, Ma, He, Wang, Xing, & Tan 2015Ischioceratops zhuchengensis gen. et sp. nov.He, Makovicky, Wang, Chen, Sullivan, Han, & Xu 2015Yi qi gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Zheng, Sullivan, Wang, Xing, Wang, Zhang, O'Connor, Zhang, & Pan 2014Zhanghenglong yangchengensis gen. et sp. nov.Xing, Wang, Han, Sullivan, Ma, He, Hone, Yan, Du, & Xu 2013Wulatelong gobiensis gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Tan, Wang, Sullivan, Hone, Han, Ma, Tan, & Xiao 2013Ganzhousaurus nankangensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Sun, Sullivan, & Xu 2012Xiangornis shenmi gen. et sp. nov.Hu, Xu, Hou, & Sullivan 2012Yutyrannus huali gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Wang, Zhang, Ma, Xing, Sullivan, Hu, Cheng, & Wang 2011Zhuchengtyrannus magnus gen. et sp. nov.Hone, Wang, Sullivan, Zhao, Chen, Li, Ji, Ji, & Xu 2011Linhevenator tani gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Tan, Sullivan, Han, & Xiao 2011Linhenykus monodactylus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Sullivan, Pittman, Choiniere, Hone, Upchurch, Tan, Xiao, Tan, & Han 2010Linheraptor exquisitus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Choiniere, Pittman, Tan, Xiao, Li, Tan, Clark, Norell, Hone, & Sullivan 2010Zhuchengceratops inexpectus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Wang, Zhao, Sullivan, & Chen 2009Anchiornis huxleyi gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Zhao, Norell, Sullivan, Hone, Erickson, Wang, Han, & Guo 2009Limusaurus inextricabilis gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Clark, Mo, Chorniere, Forster, Erickson, Hone, Sullivan, Eberth, Nesbitt, Zhao, Hernandez, Jia, Han, & Guo 2008Epidexipteryx hui gen. et sp. nov.Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang, & Sullivan