Philippe Taquet (b. April 25, 1940 Saint-Quentin, Aisne) is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa.[1]
He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004.[1] He has studied and described a number of new dinosaur species from Africa, especially from the Aptian site of Gadoufaoua in Niger (such as Ouranosaurus).[2] He also researches the Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic relationship between western Africa and Brazil by reconstructing the the paleobiology from fossil floras and faunas.[1] He was president of the French National Museum of Natural History from 1985 to 1990.[1]
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- ^ a b c d "Institut de France Académie des sciences membres Phillipe Taquet bio". http://www.academie-sciences.fr/membres/T/Taquet_Philippe_bio.htm. Retrieved on 01-06-09.
- ^ Philippe Taquet. Dinosaur Impressions: Postcards from a Paleontologist. Cambridge University Press.
