Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (born on April 25, 1925) is a Polish paleobiologist. She was employed by the Instytut Paleobiologii of the Polska Akademia Nauk. She studied at Warsaw University. She worked as a nurse during the Warsaw Uprising.

Achievements

 * study of Devonian and Ordovician trilobites from Central Europe (Poland and Czech Republic).
 * leading several Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert and discovery of new species of crocodiles, lizards, turtles, dinosaurs, birds and multituberculates.
 * coauthor of the book Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs
 * member of PAN, Academia Europea and the Norwegian Sciences Academy

List of selected publications

 * Lillegraven, J. A., Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. and Clemens, W. A. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals. The First Two-thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley: 99-149.
 * Lillegraven, J. A., Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. and Clemens, W. A. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals. The First Two-thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley: 99-149.