Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska

1925 – 2015

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Zofia Emilia Kielan-Jaworowska (25 April 1925 – 13 March 2015) was a Polish paleobiologist. In the mid-1960s, she led a series of Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert. She was the first woman to serve on the executive committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The most notable dinosaur species she discovered include: Deinocheirus and Gallimimus while Kielanodon and Zofiabaatar were named in her honour. In her obituary in Nature, Richard L. Cifelli wrote that "Much of what we know about the origin and early evolution of mammals stems, directly or ind

Name
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
Locality
Mościska, Polonia
Born
25 aprilie 1925
Died
13 martie 2015
Age
89 years
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Sokołów Podlaski
Location
Cmentarz Komunalny Północny ↗
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Cmentarz Komunalny Północny
Locality
Mościska
Country
Polonia
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