Albert-Félix de Lapparent (; 1905–1975) was a

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. He was also a

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priest. He undertook a number of

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-hunting explorations in the

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. He contributed to knowledge about

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s and other prehistoric creatures. In 1986,

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named the dinosaur ''

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'' in his honour. Dinosaurs named by Lapparent were '' Inosaurus tedreftensis'' (Lapparent, 1960) and '' Lusitanosaurus liassicus'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957). New species of known genera are also credited to him. In alphabetical order, they are: '' Apatosaurus alenquerensis'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), '' Astrodon pusillus'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), '' Brachiosaurus atalaiensis '' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), ''

Brachiosaurus nougaredi ''Brachiosaurus'' () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about . It was first described by American paleontologist Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Colorado River valley in ...

'' (Lapparent, 1960), '' Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis'' (Lapparent, 1955), '' Elaphrosaurus gautieri'' (Lapparent, 1960), '' Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis'' (Lapparent, 1960), '' Megalosaurus pombali'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957) and '' Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis'' (Lapparent, 1960). The giant crocodile ''

Sarcosuchus ''Sarcosuchus'' (), from Ancient Greek σάρξ (''sárx''), meaning "flesh", and σούχος (''soúkhos''), meaning "crocodile", is an extinct genus of crocodyliform a that lived during the Early Cretaceous, from the late Hauterivian to the ...

'' was also discovered by him, in 1964.

References

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*A. F. d.e. Lapparent and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal he dinosaurs of Portugal Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2:1-63 *A. F. de. Lapparent, 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central he dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57 1905 births 1975 deaths French paleontologists {{France-scientist-stub