Jean Piveteau

Jean Piveteau
Born(1899-09-23)23 September 1899
Rouillac
Died7 March 1991(1991-03-07) (aged 91)
Paris
OccupationPalaeontologist

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

  1. ^ Institut de France Académie des sciences. "Membres". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-29.


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