Pierre Toussaint Marcel de Serres de Mesplès (3 November 1780 – 22 July 1862 in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

), also known as Marcel de Serres, was a French caver, geologist and naturalist.

Biography

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and geology in the faculty of science at Montpellier University from 1809. He occupied this university chair for 53 years. His professional interests included the human and animal fossils of the caves of the south of France. At his end he contributed to the French state a large number of fossils of the region Languedoc. He was contemporary with Cuvier (either ''

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'' or '' Georges'' ).MEMOIR ON THE QUESTION – WHETHER ANY LAND MAMMALS HAVE CEASED TO EXIST SINCE MAN'S FORMATION ; AND WHETHER MAN HAS BEEN CONTEMPORAOUS WITH SPECIES NOW LOST OR APPEARING NO LONGER TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE EARTH ? (pp. 160–175 and 285–289 of Robert Jameson,

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: exhibiting a view of the progressive discoveries and improvements in the sciences and the arts, Volume 16
A. and C. Black, 1834
Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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de estallar'' − 1843 *Géognosie des terrains tertiaires: ou, Tableau des principaux animaux invertébrés des terrains marins tertiaires, du midi de la France nowledge from the earth in the tertiary environment or, ''Tableau'' of the principle invertebrate animals of the marine landscape of the middle of France – 276 page
Chez Pomathio-Durville, 1829
* 1780 births 1862 deaths French cavers French geologists French naturalists Sportspeople from Montpellier {{France-scientist-stub