Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov

Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov
Born 12 November 1926
Tula, USSR
Died 24 August 2011
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian
Fields Paleontology
Institutions Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Alma mater Moscow State University
Notable awards Order of the Badge of Honour (1975)[1]
Medal “Friendship” (Mongolia) (1977) [1]
USSR State Prize (1978)[1]
Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia) (1982)[1]
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1986)[1]
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class (1999)[2]

Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov (Russian: Леонид Петрович Татаринов; November 12, 1926 — August 24, 2011) is a Russian and Soviet paleontologist and evolutionary biologist. Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981) and Russian Academy of Sciences (1991). Director of the Paleontological Institute (1975 - 1992). Editor in Chief of Paleontological journal (Russian: Палеонтологический журнал) (1976 - 2001). His research interests: comparative anatomy of vertebrates, tetrapod phylogeny, evolution of the common problems.[3]

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