Sergei Kurzanov
Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov | |
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| Born | 11 February 1947 |
| Died | 18 June 2024 (aged 77) |
| Citizenship | Russia |
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| Fields | Paleontology, Geology |
Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov (Сергей Михайлович Курзанов; 11 February 1947 - 18 June 2024)[1] was a Russian (formerly Soviet) paleontologist at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is known mainly for his work in Mongolia and the ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia. In 1976, he announced the discovery of Alioramus. In 1981, he announced the discovery of Avimimus.[2]
In 1998 a species of iguanodont dinosaur from Mongolia was named Altirhinus kurzanovi in his honor.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Палеонтологический институт им. А.А. Борисяка РАН (in Russian)
- ↑ Chiappe, Luis M.; Witmer, Lawrence M. (5 December 2002). Mesozoic Birds. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520200944.
- ↑ Norman, David B. (1998). "On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria, Ornithischia). 3. A new species of iguanodontid dinosaur" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122 (1–2): 291–348. doi:10.1006/zjls.1997.0122.
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