Jean Piveteau
French scientist (1899–1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean Piveteau (23 September 1899 – 7 March 1991) was a distinguished French vertebrate paleontologist. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1956 and served as the institute's president in 1973.[1]
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Jean Piveteau | |
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Died | 7 March 1991 91) | (aged
Occupation | Palaeontologist |
Legacy
Two genera of Triassic fish, the actinopterygian Piveteaunotus and the actinistian Piveteauia, and a genus of Middle Jurassic theropod dinosaur, Piveteausaurus, are named in his honor.
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