Jack Horner (paleontologist)
American paleontologist
Summary
John Robert Horner is an American paleontologist who alongside fellow paleontologist Bob Makela described Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some non-avian dinosaurs cared for their young. In addition to his paleontological discoveries, Horner served as the technical advisor for the first five Jurassic Park films, had a cameo appearance in Jurassic World, and served as a partial inspiration for one of the lead characters of the franchise, Dr. Alan Grant.
Originally created by Some cool guy
10/26/2003, 3:29:39 PM
Modified
5/18/2026, 11:02:43 PM
Recent revisions
Removing from [[Category:People named in the Epstein files]] per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_8#Category:People_named_in_the_Epstein_files using [[c:Help:Cat-a-lot|Cat-a-lot]]
"one of the most famous MISSISSIPIAN Lagerstätten in the world"... how many "most famous Lagerstätten in the world" are... "Mississippian"? I fixed the wording...
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There were a few duplications there, the texts reads better now. Also, I mentioned and sourced the program that allowed Horner to teach at higher-education level.
The biography section was quite of a mess... I created new sections so that the reading is both more chronological an more logical
Makes more sense this way, it's clearer to the reader
Apparently Horner wasn't part of the excavation teams in 2005, but as of 2006
The "parrot-like dinosaurs" discovery dates back to 2005 so it cannot be treated as "currently" on going. I rearranged that, relocated it chronologically in the text, and brought one more additional reference on the same subject.
"Category:1946 births" --> reintroducing into the category
first occurrence in the article is linked with priority
the subject, not the object
That "It" refers to the paleontological site, so I fixed that and I added two more references
reads better
The proper term is "fossil preparator" and there's a linked article for that. I fixed it.
Fixed a few mistakes on the mention of awards. Also, in the scientist infobox, I sorted the awards by chronological order.
In 1975 at Princeton University, Horner was hired as a preparator, not as a curator. Also, I made a mistake with the attribution of content in reference to content in the article, not it's fixed.
A comma here disambiguates a bit
