Luis María Chiappe (born 18 June 1962) is an Argentine paleontologist born in Buenos Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997 and for his work on the origin and early evolution of Mesozoic birds. He is currently the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and director of the museum's Dinosaur Institute.[1] He was a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York after immigrating from Argentina. Chiappe is currently the curator of the award winning Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,[2] an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California,[3] BBC advisor and author of scientific and popular books.[4]
Chiappe, L.M.; Dingus, L. Walking on Eggs: The Astonishing Discovery of Thousands of Dinosaur Eggs in the Badlands of Patagonia (Scribner, 2001), ISBN0-7432-1377-7.
Chiappe, L.M.; Dingus, L. The Lost Dinosaurs: The Astonishing Discovery of the World's Largest Prehistoric Nesting Ground (Abacus, 2002), ISBN0-3491-1351-3
^Chiappe, Luis M.; Coria, Rodolfo A.; Dingus, Lowell; Jackson, Frankie; Chinsamy, Anusuya; Fox, Marilyn (1998). "Sauropod dinosaur embryos from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Nature. 396 (6708): 258–261. Bibcode:1998Natur.396..258C. doi:10.1038/24370. ISSN0028-0836. S2CID41768380.
^Codorniú, Laura; Chiappe, Luis M (2004-01-01). "Early juvenile pterosaurs (Pterodactyloidea: Pterodaustro guinazui) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Argentina". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 41 (1): 9–18. Bibcode:2004CaJES..41....9C. doi:10.1139/e03-080. hdl:11336/156307. ISSN0008-4077.
^LIU, DI; CHIAPPE, LUIS M.; ZHANG, YUGUANG; BELL, ALYSSA; MENG, QINGJIN; JI, QIANG; WANG, XURI (2014-11-14). "An advanced, new long-legged bird from the Early Cretaceous of the Jehol Group (northeastern China): insights into the temporal divergence of modern birds". Zootaxa. 3884 (3): 253–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.4. ISSN1175-5334. PMID25543783.
^Zhang, Zihui; Chiappe, Luis M.; Han, Gang; Chinsamy, Anusuya (2013). "A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1176–1189. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.762708. ISSN0272-4634. S2CID84677039.
^CORIA, RODOLFO A.; FILIPPI, LEONARDO S.; CHIAPPE, LUIS M.; GARCÍA, RODOLFO; ARCUCCI, ANDREA B. (2013-07-05). "Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. , a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina". Zootaxa. 3683 (4): 357–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.2. hdl:11336/21928. ISSN1175-5334. PMID25250458.
^O’Connor, Jingmai K.; Zhang, Yuguang; Chiappe, Luis M.; Meng, Qingjin; Quanguo, Li; Di, Liu (2013). "A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.719176. ISSN0272-4634. S2CID85261944.
^WANG, Xuri; O'CONNOR, Jingmai K.; ZHAO, Bo; CHIAPPE, Luis M.; GAO, Chunling; CHENG, Xiaodong (2010-03-22). "New Species of Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Qiaotou Formation in Northern Hebei, China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (2): 247–256. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00156.x. ISSN1000-9515. S2CID83645763.
^Bell, Alyssa K.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Suzuki, Shigeru; Watabe, Mahito; Barsbold, Rinchen; Tsogtbaatar, K. (2010). "Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia)". Cretaceous Research. 31 (1): 16–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.001. ISSN0195-6671.
^Chiappe, Luis M.; Suzuki, Shigeru; Dyke, Gareth J.; Watabe, Mahito; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Barsbold, Rinchen (2007). "A new Enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi desert". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (2): 193–208. doi:10.1017/s1477201906001969. ISSN1477-2019. S2CID85391743.
^Zihui, ZHANG; Lianhai, HOU; Yoshikasu, HASEGAWA; O'CONNOR, Jingmai; MARTIN, Larry D.; CHIAPPE, Luis M. (2010-09-07). "The First Mesozoic Heterodactyl Bird from China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 80 (5): 631–635. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00285.x. ISSN1000-9515. S2CID129069702.
^Göhlich, Ursula B. Tischlinger, Helmut Chiappe, Luis M. Juravenator starki (reptilia, theropoda), ein neuer Raubdinosaurier aus dem Oberjura der Südlichen Frankenalb (Süddeutschland): Skelettanatomie und Weichteilbefunde = Juravenator starki (reptilia), a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Southern Franconian Alb (Southern Germany) : skeletal anatomy and soft tissue. OCLC1117619158.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Qiang, Ji; Chiappe, Luis M.; Shu'An, Ji (1999-03-15). "A new late Mesozoic confuciusornithid bird from China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011117. ISSN0272-4634.
^Sanz, José L.; Chiappe, Luis M.; Pérez-Moreno, Bernardino P.; Buscalioni, Angela D.; Moratalla, José J.; Ortega, Francisco; Poyato-Ariza, Francisco J. (1996). "An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight". Nature. 382 (6590): 442–445. Bibcode:1996Natur.382..442S. doi:10.1038/382442a0. ISSN0028-0836. S2CID4284528.
^Varricchio, David J.; Chiappe, Luis M. (1995-03-14). "A New Enantiornithine Bird From the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15 (1): 201–204. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011219. ISSN0272-4634.
^Chiappe, Luis M.; Calvo, Jorge O. (1994-06-22). "Neuquenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes: Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (2): 230–246. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011554. ISSN0272-4634.
^Chiappe, Luis M. (1988). "A new trematochampsid crocodile from the Early Cretaceous of north-western Patagonia, Argentina and its palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic implications". Cretaceous Research. 9 (4): 379–389. doi:10.1016/0195-6671(88)90009-2. ISSN0195-6671.
^Chiappe, Luis M. (1988). "Un nuevo Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) de la Formación Tremembé (Oligoceno), Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, y su significado paleoclimático". Paual-Coutiana. 3: 49–66.