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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|04|22|dfmf=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/science-world-dr-scott-sampson/amp|title = Science World's Dr. Scott Sampson|date = 28 February 2019}}</ref>

'''Scott Donald Sampson''' (born April 22, 1961)<ref>https://www.twitter.com/drscottsampson/status/1385239880762941449?s=46</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/20/california-sciences-museums-what-its-like-without-us/amp/ | title=California Academy of Sciences — what it's like without us during the pandemic | date=20 December 2020 }}</ref> is a Canadian [[paleontologist]] and science communicator. Sampson is currently the Executive Director of [[California Academy of Sciences]] in San Francisco, California. He was previously Vice President of Research & Collections and Chief Curator at the [[Denver Museum of Nature and Science|Denver Museum of Nature & Science]],.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dmns.org/about-us/board-of-trustees-and-executive-profiles/scott-sampson/ | title=About Us | access-date=2014-02-25 | archive-date=2018-01-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150224/http://www.dmns.org/about-us/board-of-trustees-and-executive-profiles/scott-sampson/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wilford|first=John Noble|title=The Making of a Vegetarian: A Dinosaur Is Caught in the Act |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/05/science/05dino.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 May 2005}}</ref> Sampson is notable for his work on the carnivorous [[theropod]] dinosaurs ''[[Majungasaurus]]'' and ''[[Masiakasaurus]]'' and his extensive research into the Late Cretaceous Period, particularly in [[Madagascar]].<ref name=krauseetal2007>{{cite book |last=Krause |first=David W. |author2=Sampson, Scott D. |author3=Carrano, Matthew T. |author4=O'Connor, Patrick M. |year=2007 |chapter=Overview of the history of discovery, taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of ''Majungasaurus crenatissimus'' (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar |editor=Sampson, Scott D. |editor2=Krause, David W. |title=''Majungasaurus crenatissimus'' (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |series=Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir '''8''' |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1:OOTHOD]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=13274054 }}</ref><ref name=sampsonwitmer2007>{{cite book |last=Sampson |first=Scott D. |author2=Witmer, Lawrence M. |year=2007 |chapter=Cranofacial anatomy of ''Majungasaurus crenatissimus'' (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar|editor=Sampson, Scott D. |editor2=Krause, David W. |title=''Majungasaurus crenatissimus'' (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. He gave Masiakasaurus its name and also mentions on an episode of The Dinosaur Train that he participated in naming Kosmoceratops. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |series=Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir '''8''' |pages=32–102 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[32:CAOMCT]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=129240095 }}</ref> He is also known as the presenter of the [[PBS Kids]] show ''[[Dinosaur Train]]''.