Jean Piveteau
French scientist (1899–1991)
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Jean Piveteau | |
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| Born | (1899-09-23)23 September 1899 Rouillac |
| Died | 7 March 1991(1991-03-07) (aged 91) Paris |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
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]
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.
References
- ^ Institut de France Académie des sciences. "Membres". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
External links
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Books by Jean Piveteau at Google Books
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