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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Mark Paul Witton</b> (* Juli <a href="1984" title="1984">1984</a> in <a href="Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, <a href="Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>), meist als <b>Mark P. Witton</b> zitiert, ist ein <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">britischer</a> <a href="Wirbeltiere" title="Wirbeltiere">Wirbeltier</a><a href="Pal%C3%A4ontologie" title="Paläontologie">paläontologe</a>, <a href="Autor" title="Autor">Sachbuchautor</a> und <a href="Pal%C3%A4okunst" title="Paläokunst">Paläokünstler</a>, der vor allem für seine Forschungen und Illustrationen über <a href="Flugsaurier" title="Flugsaurier">Pterosaurier</a> bekannt ist, die ausgestorbenen fliegenden Reptilien, die neben den <a href="Dinosaurier" title="Dinosaurier">Dinosauriern</a> lebten.

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<p>Witton hat mit Museen und Universitäten auf der ganzen Welt zusammengearbeitet, um ausgestorbene Tiere zu rekonstruieren, u. a. als Berater für die <a href="British_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">BBC</a>-Serie <i><a href="Der_Dino-Planet" title="Der Dino-Planet">Der Dino-Planet</a></i> sowie als <a href="Konzeptkunst" title="Konzeptkunst">Konzeptkünstler</a> bei der Serie <i>Ein Planet vor unserer Zeit</i> (Prehistoric Planet) bei <a href="Apple_TV%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple TV+">Apple TV+</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er veröffentlichte mehrere von der Kritik gelobte Bücher über Paläontologie und Paläokunst.<sup id="cite_ref-White_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>2008 wurde er mit der <a href="Dissertation" title="Dissertation">Dissertation</a> <i>The palaeoecology and diversity of pterosaurs</i> zum <a href="Ph.D." title="Ph.D.">Ph.D.</a> in <a href="Pal%C3%A4obiologie" title="Paläobiologie">Paläobiologie</a> und <a href="Evolution" title="Evolution">Evolution</a> an der <a href="University_of_Portsmouth" title="University of Portsmouth">University of Portsmouth</a> <a href="Promotion_(Doktor)" title="Promotion (Doktor)">promoviert</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> wo er gegenwärtig als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter tätig ist.

</p><p>Seine Forschung befasst sich vor allem mit der Lebensweise, dem <a href="Verhalten_(Biologie)" title="Verhalten (Biologie)">Verhalten</a>, der <a href="Systematik_(Biologie)" title="Systematik (Biologie)">Systematik</a> und der <a href="Nomenklatur_(Biologie)" title="Nomenklatur (Biologie)">Nomenklatur</a> von <a href="Flugsaurier" title="Flugsaurier">Flugsauriern</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sein 2013 erschienenes Buch <i>Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy</i> behandelt die <a href="Anatomie" title="Anatomie">Anatomie</a>, die <a href="%C3%96kologie" title="Ökologie">Ökologie</a> und das <a href="Aussterben" title="Aussterben">Aussterben</a> von Flugsauriern und ist zudem vollständig illustriert.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Wittons Paläokunst wird als Teil der modernen „anatomisch-strengen“ Bewegung angesehen.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-White_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er veröffentlichte ein Buch, in dem er seine Erfahrungen mit der Rekonstruktion ausgestorbener Tiere in der Kunst beschreibt,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und er verfasste ein Handbuch über das Zusammenspiel von Wissenschaft und Kunst bei der Herstellung von Paläokunst, das im August 2018 erschienen ist.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Witton war <a href="Erstbeschreibung" title="Erstbeschreibung">Erstbeschreiber</a> der Arten <i>Lacusovagus magnificens</i> und <i><a href="Tupuxuara" title="Tupuxuara">Tupuxuara deliradamus</a></i>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schriften">Schriften</h2></div>

<ul><li><i>Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy</i>, 2013</li>

<li><i>King Tyrant</i>, 2025</li></ul>

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<p><a href="Galerie_(Kunst)" title="Galerie (Kunst)">Galerie</a> von Werken Mark P. Wittons:

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i><a href="Arambourgiania" title="Arambourgiania">Arambourgiania</a></i> (2017)</small></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i><a href="Dimorphodon" title="Dimorphodon">Dimorphodon</a></i> (2015)</small></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i><a href="Hatzegopteryx" title="Hatzegopteryx">Hatzegopteryx</a></i> (2017)</small></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i>Istiodactylus</i> (2012)</small></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i>Koumpiodontosuchus</i> (2014)</small></div>

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<div class="gallerytext"><small><i><a href="Quetzalcoatlus" title="Quetzalcoatlus">Quetzalcoatlus</a></i> (2008)</small></div>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Witton">Bibliographie bei Researchgate</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Mark Witton: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2022/05/"><i>The mad, mad, mad stilt-legged tyrannosaurid hatchling (and other efforts at reconstructing baby tyrants).</i></a> In: <i>Mark P. Witton's Blog.</i> 31. Mai 2022,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 26. August 2023</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMark+P.+Witton&rft.title=The+mad%2C+mad%2C+mad+stilt-legged+tyrannosaurid+hatchling+%28and+other+efforts+at+reconstructing+baby+tyrants%29&rft.description=The+mad%2C+mad%2C+mad+stilt-legged+tyrannosaurid+hatchling+%28and+other+efforts+at+reconstructing+baby+tyrants%29&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmarkwitton-com.blogspot.com%2F2022%2F05%2F&rft.creator=Mark+Witton&rft.date=2022-05-31"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-White-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-White_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-White_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Steve White: <cite style="font-style:italic">Dinosaur Art II: The Cutting Edge of Paleoart</cite>. 1. Auflage. Titan Books, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-78565-398-8, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>136–153</span>.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Mark+P.+Witton&rft.au=Steve+White&rft.btitle=Dinosaur+Art+II%3A+The+Cutting+Edge+of+Paleoart&rft.date=2017&rft.edition=1&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781785653988&rft.pages=136-153&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Titan+Books" style="display:none"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Mark Witton: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210621232356/http://www.markwitton.com/about/4552741216"><i>ABOUT – Mark Witton.</i></a> In: <i>www.markwitton.com.</i> Archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">

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</style><span class="dewiki-iconexternal"><a class="external text" href="https://redirecter.toolforge.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwitton.com%2Fabout%2F4552741216">Original</a></span> am <span style="white-space:nowrap;">21. Juni 2021</span><span>;</span><span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 7. Juli 2023</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMark+P.+Witton&rft.title=ABOUT+%E2%80%93+Mark+Witton&rft.description=ABOUT+%E2%80%93+Mark+Witton&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20210621232356%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.markwitton.com%2Fabout%2F4552741216&rft.creator=Mark+Witton&rft.date=&rft.source=http://www.markwitton.com/about/4552741216"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://port.academia.edu/MarkWitton"><i>Mark Witton | University of Portsmouth - Academia.edu.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 7. Juli 2023</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMark+P.+Witton&rft.title=Mark+Witton+%7C+University+of+Portsmouth+-+Academia.edu&rft.description=Mark+Witton+%7C+University+of+Portsmouth+-+Academia.edu&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fport.academia.edu%2FMarkWitton"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mark P. Witton: <cite style="font-style:italic">Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy</cite>. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton 2013, ISBN 978-0-691-15061-1.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Mark+P.+Witton&rft.au=Mark+P.+Witton&rft.btitle=Pterosaurs%3A+Natural+History%2C+Evolution%2C+Anatomy&rft.date=2013&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9780691150611&rft.place=Princeton&rft.pub=Princeton+Univ.+Press" style="display:none"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Riley Black: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-great-pterosaur-makeover"><i>The Great Pterosaur Makeover.</i></a> In: <i>nationalgeographic.com.</i> 4. Juni 2013,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 7. Juli 2023</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMark+P.+Witton&rft.title=The+Great+Pterosaur+Makeover&rft.description=The+Great+Pterosaur+Makeover&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fthe-great-pterosaur-makeover&rft.creator=Riley+Black&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft.language=en"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">John Conway, <a href="C._M._K%C3%B6semen" title="C. M. Kösemen">C. M. Kösemen</a>, <a href="Darren_Naish" title="Darren Naish">Darren Naish</a>, Scott Hartman, Dan Varner: <cite style="font-style:italic">All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals</cite>. Irregular Books, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-291-17712-1.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Mark+P.+Witton&rft.au=John+Conway%2C+C.+M.+K%C3%B6semen%2C+Darren+Naish%2C+...&rft.btitle=All+Yesterdays%3A+Unique+and+Speculative+Views+of+Dinosaurs+and+Other+Prehistoric+Animals&rft.date=2012&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781291177121&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Irregular+Books" style="display:none"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mark P. Witton: <cite style="font-style:italic">Recreating an Age of Reptiles</cite>. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2017, ISBN 978-1-78500-334-9.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Mark+P.+Witton&rft.au=Mark+P.+Witton&rft.btitle=Recreating+an+Age+of+Reptiles&rft.date=2017&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781785003349&rft.place=Ramsbury&rft.pub=The+Crowood+Press" style="display:none"> </span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mark P. Witton: <cite style="font-style:italic">The Palaeoartist's Handbook: Recreating Prehistoric Animals in Art</cite>. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury, Marlborough 2018, ISBN 978-1-78500-461-2.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Mark+P.+Witton&rft.au=Mark+P.+Witton&rft.btitle=The+Palaeoartist%27s+Handbook%3A+Recreating+Prehistoric+Animals+in+Art&rft.date=2018&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781785004612&rft.place=Ramsbury%2C+Marlborough&rft.pub=The+Crowood+Press" style="display:none"> </span></span>

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