Theodor Anton Neagu (September 20, 1932 – March 5, 2017) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n micropaleontologist, stratigrapher, and, since 2001, titular member of the Romanian Academy.Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent
at the Romanian Academy site Neagu specialized in

Upper Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', th ...

foraminifera Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly ...

found in strata of the Carpathian Mountains.

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1932 births 2017 deaths People from Giurgiu Titular members of the Romanian Academy Micropaleontologists Academic staff of the University of Bucharest {{Romania-scientist-stub