René Lavocat
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René Lavocat | |
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 René Lacovat in 1967 | |
| Born | August 24, 1909 |
| Died | August 9, 2007 (aged 97) Teyran, near Montpellier |
| Known for | Paleontology |
René Lavocat (August 24, 1909-August 9, 2007) was a French paleontologist[1] who described several genera of African dinosaurs including the sauropod Rebbachisaurus, as well as several extinct mammals such as the family Kenyamyidae. The mammal Lavocatia, the notosuchian , the sauropod Lavocatisaurus and the phorusrhacid Lavocatavis are named after him.
Paleontological discoveries[]
Eager to try paleontological research in Africa to find Oligocene mammals,[2] Lavocat was strongly endorsed by Camille Arambourg. In 1947, he obtained leadership of a research mission in the Algerian-Moroccan desert.
He did not find any Oligocene mammals, but instead came across a rich fauna of Cretaceous vertebrates. His first notes on this subject were made in 1948 entitled les Comptes Rendus Sommaires de la Société géologique de France (English: Report Summary to the Geological Society of France) in which Lavocat explains the discovery of a large number of Cretaceous reptiles (dinosaurs and crocodiles) and fish in the bedrock of the desert. A year later, a second note appeared in the same journal and extends his discoveries to the southwestern Kem Kem.
In 1954, Lavocat described a new species of sauropod, Rebbachisaurus, discovered in the region. In addition, in 1955 he described a new genus of theropod, Majungasaurus. In 1960, Lavocat returned to Africa and described a second species of Rebbachisaurus, R. tamesnensis. In 1973, Lavocat discovered two genera and three species of Miocene rodent, which he placed in the family Kenyamyidae.
References[]
- ^ Sampson, Scott D. (2009-11-02). Dinosaur odyssey: fossil threads in the web of life. University of California Press. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-0-520-24163-3. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ (in French) Le Père Lavocat, éminent paléontologue, dans les Kem-Kem Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
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