Philippe Taquet

Philippe Taquet (25 April 1940 – 16 November 2025) was a French paleontologist. His works focused on dinosaurs in northern Africa.[1] He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, having been elected in 2004. He was president of the academy from 2012 until his death. He studied and described a many new dinosaur species from Africa.[2] He was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France.

Taquet died on 16 November 2025 in Paris, France at the age of 85.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Institut de France Académie des sciences membres Phillipe Taquet bio". Archived from the original on 2005-10-15. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Philippe Taquet (28 August 1999). Dinosaur Impressions: Postcards from a Paleontologist. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77930-2.
  3. ↑ Pierre Barthélémy: "Philippe Taquet, chasseur de dinosaures et ancien directeur du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, est mort". lemonde.fr, 17 November 2025 (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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