René Lavocat

René Lavocat 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 Lavocatchampsa and phorusrhacid Lavocatavis are named after him.

René Lavocat
René Lacovat in 1967
Born1909
DiedAugust 9, 2007 (2007-08-10) (aged 97)
Known forPaleontology

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.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. (in French) Le Père Lavocat, éminent paléontologue, dans les Kem-Kem Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine


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