René_Lavocat
René Lavocat
French paleontologist (1909-2007)
René Lavocat (24 August 1909 – 9 August 2007) was a French palaeontologist[1] who described several genera of African dinosaurs including the sauropod Rebbachisaurus, as well as several extinct mammals such as the family Kenyamyidae. The mammal Lavocatia, the notosuchian Lavocatchampsa, the sauropod Lavocatisaurus and the phorusrhacid Lavocatavis are named after him.
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