Paul Olsen

Dr. Paul Olsen is a paleontologist and the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. He is known for his extensive research on dinosaur trace fossils, including footprint analysis, which provides crucial insights into the behavior and distribution of dinosaurs during periods when skeletal remains are scarce. Olsen's work emphasizes the importance of trace fossils as a parallel dataset to understand ancient ecosystems, particularly in the context of the global distribution of dinosaurs during the Jurassic Period.