The Romer-Simpson Medal is the highest award issued by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for "sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology". The award is named in honor of Alfred S. Romer and George G. Simpson.Bill Clemens awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal for his contributions to vertebrate paleontology

Past awards Source: Society for Vertebrate Paleontology

1987 Everett C. Olson 1988 Bobb Schaeffer 1989 Edwin H. Colbert 1990 Richard Estes 1991 no award 1992 Loris S. Russell 1993 Zhou Mingzhen 1994 John H. Ostrom 1995 Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska 1996 Percy Butler 1997 Colin Patterson 1998 Albert E. Wood 1999 Robert Warren Wilson 2000 John A. Wilson 2001 Malcolm McKenna 2002 Mary R. Dawson 2003 Rainer Zangerl 2004 Robert L. Carroll 2005 Donald E. Russell 2006 William A. Clemens 2007 Wann Langston, Jr. 2008 Jose Bonaparte 2009 Farish Jenkins 2010 Rinchen Barsbold 2011 Alfred W. Crompton 2012 Philip D. Gingerich 2013 Jack Horner 2014 Hans-Peter Schultze 2015 Jim Hopson 2016 Mee-mann ChangSOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, OCTOBER 2016, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, 76th ANNUAL MEETING (PDF, 20,3, MB; S. 25) 2017 Philip J. Currie 2018 Kay BehrensmeyerSociety Of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2018, Abstracts Of Papers, 78Th Annual Meeting 2019 Michael ArcherCarroll, Lucy (15 Oct 2019) Society awards top honour to UNSW palaeontologist. Newsroom. University of New South Wales 2020 Jenny Clack 2021 Blaire Van Valkenburgh 2022 David W. Krause

See also List of biology awards List of paleontology awards

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