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Victor Thiollière

1801 – 1859

French civil engineer, geologist and paleontologist

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Lived 1801 – 1859 (aged 57). Victor Thiollière was a French geologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, civil engineer, paleontologist and scientific illustrator.

Victor Joseph de l'Isle Thiollière (28 May 1801 – 14 May 1859) was a French civil engineer, geologist and paleoichthyologist.

He was born in Saint-Étienne. He conducted studies of fossils found in the calcareous limestone at the Cerin quarry, located 80 kilometers east of Lyon, from which, he described numerous paleoichthyological species. He is the taxonomic authority of the genera Holochondrus, Spathobatis, Belemnobatis and Phorcynis. The feather star species Solanocrinites thiollieri was named after him by paleontologist Perceval de Loriol. Seconde Notice sur le gisement et sur les corps organisés fossiles des calcaires lithographiques, dans le Jura du département de l'Ain, (1851). Descriptions des poissons fossiles provenant des gisements coralliens du Jura dans le Bugey, Paris, Editions J.-B. Baillière, 37 p. (1854). — Part 2 later reviewed and annotated by Paul Gervais with the help of Gaston de Saporta, Albert Falsan and Eugène Dumortier, Lyon, Éditions H. Georg, 1873, p. 7-26. Rapport sur un Mémoire de M. Michaud intitulé : "Description des coquilles fossiles découvertes aux environs de Hauterives (Drôme)", et sur le terrain tertiaire où ces coquilles se rencontrent, présenté à la Société impériale d'agriculture, d'histoire naturelle et des arts utiles de Lyon, dans la séance du 15 juin 1855, Lyon, Barret (1855). Sur les travaux de la réunion extraordinaire de la Société géologique à Valence, en septembre 1854, communication faite à la Société... d'agriculture et d'histoire naturelle de Lyon. Lyon, Barret. (1855).

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Victor Joseph de l'Ile Thiollière, Thiollière, Victor Joseph de l'Isle Thiolliere, Thioll.

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Who was Victor Thiollière?

French civil engineer, geologist and paleontologist (1801–1859)

When was Victor Thiollière born?

Victor Thiollière was born on 28 May 1801 in Saint-Étienne.

When did Victor Thiollière die?

Victor Thiollière died on 14 May 1859 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon.

What was Victor Thiollière's occupation?

Victor Thiollière was a geologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, civil engineer, paleontologist and scientific illustrator.

What nationality was Victor Thiollière?

Victor Thiollière was French.

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· Wikipedia: Victor Thiollière

· Wikidata: Q21055247

· DBpedia: Victor Thiollière

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