About Philippe Matheron
Lived 1807 – 1899 (aged 91–92). Philippe Matheron was a paleontologist, cartographer and geologist.
Philippe Matheron full name Pierre Philippe Émile Matheron (29 October 1807 – 1899) was a French palaeontologist and geologist. He was born on October 29, as the son of Jean Esprit Matheron and Rosalie Françoise Sansan. On June 7, 1896, Matheron was awarded a gold medal by the Academy of Marseille to mark his 60th year as an academic. Matheron named the dinosaurs Hypselosaurus and Rhabdodon, and the crocodilian Crocodylus affuvelensis (now in its own genus, Massaliasuchus) in 1869, in addition to describing the first eggshells that are now considered dinosaurs.
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French paleontologist (1807–1899)
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Philippe Matheron was born on 29 October 1807 in Marseille.
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Philippe Matheron died in 1899 in Marseille.
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Philippe Matheron was a paleontologist, cartographer and geologist.
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