Dr. Novikov is the Deputy Director of the Paleontological
Institute.
His specialty is the Permian -Triassic boundary leaning more to
the Triassic.
He works with reptile-like amphibians and amphibian-like reptiles.
Unfortunately
too much of his time is now given to administration instead of science
and he
risks being subsumed by amphibian-like bureaucrats.
It is through his untiring
efforts and faith in the unproven Mr. Pruitt
that the Russian
Dinosaur Exposition came to fruition.
Here
is Dr. Novikov with an unnamed species he discovered while working in America.
Here
is Dr. Novikov examining another species he discovered in Mr. Pruitt's
lake.
Dr.
Novikov examines an American salamander before tasting.
Dr.
Novikov works tirelessly to improve cultural exchanges.
(This photo may later
be deleted to improve Dr. Novikov's image,
but paleontologists are notoriously
fun guys!)
Species
described by Dr. Novikov:
Parotosuchus komiensis
Angusaurus tsylmemsis
Vyborosaurus
mirus
Wetlugasaurus malachovi
Kapes serotinus
Lestanshoria massiva
Samaria
concinna
Timanophon raridentatus
Batrachsuchoides impressus
Species described
by Dr. Novikov with Dr. Orlov:
Insulophon morachovskayae
Species described
by Dr. Novikov with Dr. Shishkin:
Aranetsia improvisa
Komatosuchus chalyshevi
