Taxa named by Scott D. Sampson

Taxa named by a Canadian paleontologist and science communicator Scott Donald Sampson (born April 22, 1961). Dr. Sampson is currently the President and CEO of Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was previously Vice President of Research & Collections and Chief Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 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.