Nationality Russian Name Leonid Tatarinov | Fields Paleontology | |
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Institutions Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Notable awards Order of the Badge of Honour (1975)
Medal “Friendship” (Mongolia) (1977)
USSR State Prize (1978)
Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia) (1982)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1986)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class (1999) Died August 24, 2011, Moscow, Russia Institution Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences | ||
Alma mater Moscow State University | ||
Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov (Russian: Леонид Петрович Татаринов; November 12, 1926 — August 24, 2011) is a Russian and Soviet paleontologist and evolutionary biologist. Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981) and Russian Academy of Sciences (1991). Director of the Paleontological Institute (1975 - 1992). Editor in Chief of Paleontological journal (Russian: Палеонтологический журнал) (1976 - 2001). His research interests: comparative anatomy of vertebrates, tetrapod phylogeny, evolution of the common problems.
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