Storrs L. Olson

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Storrs L. Olson, prominent ornithologist and curator of Birds at the Smithsonian, Olson has probably undertaken the most detailed review of the fossil record of birds ever, (see Olson 1985). Olson's contributions to paleornithology are difficult to summarize, his work ranging from magisterial reviews of the anatomy and evolution of flightlessness, to descriptions of Lower Paleogene neornithine mosaics such as Limnofregata azygosternon. In the past decade Olson has gained a degree of notoreity for his bitter opposition to the theropod origin of birds, including an unprofessional and scathing open letter to National Geographic which has presented a treasure trove of quotes to mine for creationists.