Biography:Jean Piveteau
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Short description: French scientist (1899–1991)
Jean Piveteau | |
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| Born | 23 September 1899 Rouillac |
| Died | 7 March 1991 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
Jean Piveteau (23 September 1899 – 7 March 1991) was a distinguished France 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20090525023536/http://www.academie-sciences.fr/Membres/in_memoriam.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
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