Charles Louis Perceval de Loriol (24 July 1828,

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

– 23 December 1908, Cologny) was a Swiss

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

and stratigraphist. He studied

natural sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

and paleontology in Geneva as a pupil of François-Jules Pictet. For a period of time, he worked as an estate manager in Geneva and

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...

, then for nearly forty years was associated with the

Natural History Museum of Geneva The Natural History Museum of Geneva (in French: ') is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum. Other displays include a ...

. He was one of the founders of the ''Schweizerische Paläontologische Gesellschaft'' and was an editor of the ''Mémoires de la Société suisse paléontologique''. In 1902 he received an honorary doctorate from the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

Loriol, Perceval de
Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz He is remembered for his investigations of fossil echinoderms found in Europe and North Africa from the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

and

Upper Tertiary The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya ...

Eras. He was the author of numerous taxa, an example being the

crinoid Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms are called feather stars or comatulids, which are ...

family

Bourgueticrinidae Bourgueticrinidae is a family of crinoids, containing 2 genera. Genera * ''Conocrinus ''Conocrinus'' is a genus of sea lilies in the family Bourguticrinidae, containing 6 species. Species * '' Conocrinus cabiochi'' Roux, 1976 * '' Conocr ...

(1882).

Selected works

* ''Description des animaux invertébrés : fossiles contenus dans l'étage néocomien moyen du Mont Salève'', 1861 – Description of invertebrates; fossils of the Middle

Neocomian In geology, Neocomian was a name given to the lowest stage of the Cretaceous system. It is generally considered to encompass the interval now covered by the Berriasian, Valanginian and Hauterivian, from approximately 145 to 130 Ma. It was introdu ...

stage found at Mount Salève. * ''Etude géologique et paléontologique de la formation d'eau douce infracrétacée du Jura et en particulier de Villers-le-lac'', 1865, (with Auguste Jaccard) – Geological and paleontological study on the formation of infra-Cretaceous freshwater in the Jura Mountains and in particular, Villers-le-Lac. * ''Description géologique et paléontologique des étages jurassiques supérieurs de la Haute Marne'', 1872 – Geological and paleontological descriptions of the Upper Jurassic stage in Haute Marne. * ''Description des échinodermes tertiaires du Portugal; accompagnée d'un tableau stratigraphique'', 1877 – Description of Tertiary echinoderms of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, with a stratigraphic table. * ''Monographie des crinoides fossiles de la Suisse'', 1877 – Monograph on

fossils of Switzerland. * ''Description de quatre échinodermes nouveaux'', 1880 – Description of four new echinoderms. * ''Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes; seconde série'', 1884 – Notes for use in the study of echinoderms. * ''Description de la faune jurassique du Portugal; embranchement des échinodermes'', 1890 – Description of Jurassic fauna of Portugal; embranchement of echinoderms.WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Perceval de Loriol

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loriol, Perceval de 1828 births 1908 deaths University of Geneva alumni Scientists from Geneva 19th-century Swiss geologists Swiss paleontologists