Éric Buffetaut (born 19 November 1950) is a French paleontologist, author and researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1976 where he is a Doctor of Science and Director of Research. Buffetaut is a specialist of fossil archosaurs, mainly dinosaurs and pterosaurs, and has published many books on paleontology. He is one of the major paleontologists to support the thesis of the fall of a meteorite as the main cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Éric Buffetaut | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 November 1950 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Université de Paris |
| Known for | Archosaur research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
Notable works
editBuffetaut named and described the following species:
- Archaeodontosaurus descouensi
- Castignovolucris sebei
- Euthecodon arambourgi
- Isanosaurus attavipachi
- Isalorhynchus genovefae
- Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis
- Normannognathus wellnhoferi
- Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae
- Psittacosaurus sattayaraki
- Rhabdodon septimanicus
- Siamamia naga
- Siamosaurus suteethorni
- Siamotyrannus isanensis
- Tarascosaurus salluvicus
- Tilemsisuchus lavocati
- Trematochampsa taqueti
- Variraptor mechinorum
Buffetaut demonstrated in 1982 that Dakosaurus and Aggiosaurus are actually members of the Metriorhynchidae.[1]
Musturzabalsuchus buffetauti was named in his honor.[2]
Buffeataut worked mainly with Mesozoic reptiles including crocodylomorphs, pterosaurs and dinosaurs.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Les Dinosaures. Que sais-je ? n°2827, PUF, 1994 ISBN 2130460038
- Les Dinosaures de France, avec Pascal Robin, BRGM Éditions 1995 ISBN 2715907664
- Histoire de la paléontologie. Que sais-je ? n°2190, PUF, avril 1997 ISBN 213048557X
- Les Mondes disparus, atlas de la dérive des continents, avec Jean Le Loeuff, Guy Le Roux, Berg International, 1998 ISBN 2911289145
- Dans les traces des dinosaures, Les Éditions Pocket ISBN 2266045709
- La Fin des dinosaures : comment les grandes extinctions ont façonné le monde vivant., Fayard, 2003 ISBN 221361489X
- Les Dinosaures. Collection "Idées reçues n°123. Éditions Le Cavalier Bleu, 2006 ISBN 2846701431
- Les dinosaures sont-ils un échec de l'évolution ?. Éditions du Pommier, 2008 ISBN 9782746503854
- Que nous racontent les fossiles ?, éditions du Pommier, 2009 ISBN 9782746504097
- Sommes-nous tous voués à disparaître ? idées reçues sur l'extinction des espèces, Éditions Le Cavalier Bleu, 2012, ISBN 9782846704342
- À la recherche des animaux mystérieux : idées reçues sur la cryptozoologie, Le Cavalier Bleu éditions, 2016, ISBN 9791031800998
References
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- ^ Buffetaut E. 1982. Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Ambayrac, 1913, from the Upper Jurassic of south-eastern France: A marine crocodilian, not a dinosaur. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (8): 469-475.
- ^ Buscalioni, A. D.; Ortega, F.; Vasse, D. (1997). "New crocodiles (Eusuchia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Europe". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II. 325 (7): 525–530. Bibcode:1997CRASE.325..525B. doi:10.1016/s1251-8050(97)89872-2.
- ^ Hendrickx, Christophe; Mateus, Octávio; Buffetaut, Eric (2016-01-06). "Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0144695. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1144695H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144695. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4703214. PMID 26734729.