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Mark Norell (1957-2025) Paleontologist, author. Mark Norell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Mark Allen Norell

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1957

Birth

Mark Allen Norell was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on July 26, 1957.

1990

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Norell began working at the Museum of Natural History in 1990.

1996

Literary Work

Searching for Velociraptor
Harpercollins Childrens Books
0060258934 / 978-0060258931
Children’s book written with Lowell Dingus.

1999

Literary Work

A Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
0385325584 / 978-0385325585
Children’s book written with Lowell Dingus.

2005

Literary Work

Unearthing the Dragon: The Great Feathered Dinosaur Discovery
Pi Press
0131862669 / 978-0131862661
Children’s book.

2010

Literary Work

Barnum Brown
University of California Press
0520252640 / 978-0520252646
Biography written with Lowell Dingus.

2019

Literary Work

The World of Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Tour
University of Chicago Press
022662272X / 978-0226622729
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

New York County: Mark Norell died in a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on September 9, 2025.

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