Maurice Jules Marie Collignon (9 June 1893, Saint-Malo – 21 October 1978, Moirans) was a French geologist and paleontologist, who is best known for his research of Cretaceous period ammonites from Madagascar.
Maurice Collignon | |
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| Born | Maurice Jules Marie Collignon 9 June 1893 |
| Died | 21 October 1978 (aged 85) Moirans, france |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | military academy at Saint-Cyr |
| Occupation(s) | geologist, paleontologist |
| Known for | research of Cretaceous period ammonites from Madagascar |
| Notable work | ammonite family Collignoniceratidae |
A career military officer, in 1914 he received his diploma from the military academy at Saint-Cyr, then spent the next 36 years associated with the French armed services. In the meantime he conducted geological and paleontological research; as early as 1928 he was providing descriptions of ammonite fauna from Madagascar.[1] In 1950 he retired from military service with the rank of major general. He then joined the Service géologique d'outre-mer as a paleontologist,[2][3] and afterwards directed four 6-month missions of paleontological exploration in Madagascar (1952, 1953, 1954, 1957).[1]
From 1959 to 1978 he was a correspondent member of the Académie des sciences.[3] During his career, he described numerous fossil taxa, such as the ammonite genus Cunningtoniceras. The ammonite family Collignoniceratidae commemorates his name.[4][5]
Principal works
edit- Ammonites néocrétacées du Ménabe (Madagascar), 6 volumes, 1948-56 – Neo-Cretaceous ammonites of Menabe.
- Recherches sur les faunes albiennes de Madagascar, 5 volumes, 1949-51 – Research of Albian fauna of Madagascar.
- Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar, (multi-volume, 1958 ff.) – Atlas of characteristic fossils of Madagascar.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Upper Cretaceous) of - ResearchGate
- ^ Maurice Collignon Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (Académie des sciences d'outre-mer)
- ^ a b Sociétés savantes de France biographical information
- ^ Fossilworks Taxonomic Names
- ^ Protexanites (P.) bourgeoisianus Ammonites et autres
- ^ OCLC Classify (published works)
- ^ IDREF.fr bibliography