Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian (born 22 March 1949) is a Russian paleontologist working at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.[1]
He has named several species including Parvicursor remotus and Praeornis sharovi.[2][3]
Tributes
editThe gliding neodiapsid reptile genus and species name Rautiania alexandri Bulanov & Sennikov, 2006 is a tribute to Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian.[4]
References
edit- ^ "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS". www.degruyter.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Karhu, A.A. and Rautian, A.S. (1996). "A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal Russian Academy of Sciences 30(5): 583-592.
- ^ Rautian, A. S. (1978). "A unique bird feather from Jurassic lake deposits in the Karatau." Paleontological Journal, 4: 520-528.
- ^ Bulanov, V.V.; Sennikov, A.G. (October 2006). "The first gliding reptiles from the upper Permian of Russia". Paleontological Journal. 40 (supp5): S567–S570. doi:10.1134/S0031030106110037. ISSN 1555-6174. S2CID 84310001.