Vertebrate paleontology
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Vertebrate paleontology is the subfield of paleontology that seeks to discover, through the study of fossilized remains, the behavior, reproduction and appearance of extinct vertebrates. It also tries
Paleontologists at work at the dinosaur site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)
Classical spindle diagram of the evolution of the vertebrates at class level
Tyrannosaurus Rex Holotype
Georges Cuvier
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure i
Vertebrate paleontology
…this day, although squamates and birds still lead in diversity. One of the people who helped figure out the vertebrate progression was French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), who realized that fossils found in older rock strata differed greatly from more recent fossils or modern animals. He published his findings…
Portrait by François-André Vincent, 1795
Birthplace of Georges Cuvier in Montbéliard
Cuvier's tomb in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Cuvier with a fish fossil