Philippe Matheron
Philippe Matheron full name Pierre Philippe Émile Matheron (29 October 1807 – 1899) was a French palaeontologist and geologist. He was born on October 29, as the son of Jean Esprit Matheron and Rosalie Françoise Sansan. On June 7, 1896, Matheron was awarded a gold medal by the Academy of Marseille to mark his 60th year as an academic.
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- Name
- Philippe Matheron
- Born
- 29 October 1807
- Birthplace
- Marseille
- Field
- palaeontology geology
- Died
- 1899 · Marseille.
- Occupation
- paleontologist · cartographer · geologist
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Philippe Matheron full name Pierre Philippe Émile Matheron (29 October 1807 – 1899) was a French palaeontologist and geologist. He was born on October 29, as the son of Jean Esprit Matheron and Rosalie Françoise Sansan. On June 7, 1896, Matheron was awarded a gold medal by the Academy of Marseille to mark his 60th year as an academic.
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Matheron named the dinosaurs Hypselosaurus and Rhabdodon, and the crocodilian Crocodylus affuvelensis (now in its own genus, Massaliasuchus) in 1869, in addition to describing the first eggshells that are now considered dinosaurs.
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• Name — Philippe Matheron • Born — 29 October 1807 • Birthplace — Marseille • Place of death — Marseille • Field — palaeontology geology
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Recorded position is President of the Académie de Marseille. He belonged to French Academy of Sciences, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie, Académie de Marseille, Association française pour l'avancement des sciences and Société géologique de France.
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1807
Philippe Matheron born at Marseille.
1899
Philippe Matheron died at Marseille.
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