Mark Thompson Speaker Author Geopaleontologist

About Mark

Mark Thompson is from Perth, Western Australia and has had ‘rocks in his head’ since a very young age. Pursuing a passion for exploration led to his career as a Geologist and Prospector finding gold and diamonds around the world from Congo to Peru (He still is. See pictures of latest trip here). In recent years Mark turned his attention to the pre-historic world and was based in America to help find and develop Dinosaur resources in remote parts of the country. During 2000 he was a team member for the world-record dinosaur discovery ‘Leonardo the Mummy’ and has since participated with the study of this natural treasure.

Mark is a member of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology and the National Speakers Association of Australia. He is an Author and Editorial Board Member for the award winning Encyclopaedia of Anthropology and the Encyclopaedia of Time.

  Leo Links
Click on links to see articles of Leonardo the Mummy Dinosaur

In The News
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Family and Links

Our son, Kai loves dad's Deinonychus, but Kelly isn't sure it should live in the house...

click on Kai to enlarge

Mark's sister is the talented Jules Watson , author of The Dalriada Trilogy including The White Mare which is fantastic  historical fiction being published worldwide by Orion. It's Braveheart meets Gladiator, check it out at Amazon!

My brother in law Alistair Watson is  a wonderful singer/songwriter, who won Best Song in the 'Contemporary Popular' category for the 2004 WA Music Awards.

My friends at Studio Oxmox do the best prototype and promotional life models in Australia.

And as a member of the National Speakers Association of Australia, I gain great support and many friends there too.

Radio
Interviews and shows (sorry, most archives no longer available)
INTERVIEW  from CBC Radio One Canada "Quirks and Quarks" program.
Interview starts at the 20.10 minute mark.
Or visit  Radio One Canada to see Dinosaur Mummy story and download audio files direct. Requires RealPlayer to listen.

Venue

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