Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
Polish paleobiologist (1925–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zofia 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.[1][2][3] The most notable dinosaur species she discovered include: Deinocheirus and Gallimimus while Kielanodon and Zofiabaatar were named in her honour.
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Born | Zofia Kielan (1925-04-25)25 April 1925 Sokołów Podlaski, Poland |
Died | 13 March 2015(2015-03-13) (aged 89) Warsaw, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Warsaw University |
Spouse |
Zbigniew Jaworowski (m. 1958) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Institutions | Polish Academy of Sciences |
Thesis | (1953) |
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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 indirectly, from [her work]".[4]