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Louis Dollo
Louis Dollo
Born7 December 1857
Lille, French Empire
Died19 April 1931 (aged 73)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
CitizenshipFrench
Known forDollo's law
AwardsMurchison Medal (1912)
Scientific career
Fieldspalaeontology

Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo (Lille, 7 December 1857 – Brussels, 19 April 1931) was a Belgian palaeontologist, known for his work on dinosaurs. He also posited that evolution is not reversible, known as Dollo's law. Together with the Austrian Othenio Abel, Dollo established the principles of paleobiology.

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Louis Dollo

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reversible, known as Dollo's law. Together with the Austrian Othenio Abel, Dollo established the principles of paleobiology. Louis Dollo was born in Lille...

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Dollo

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Dollo may refer to: Benny Dollo (born 1950), Indonesian football coach Louis Dollo (1857–1931), Belgian palaeontologist Dollo Zone, Ethiopia Dollo, a dialect...

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Iguanodon

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complete remains of Iguanodon were discovered in Belgium and studied by Louis Dollo. These were given the new species I. bernissartensis. In the early 21st...

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Mosasaurus

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formally described in 1889 by Louis Dollo based on a skull recovered by Alfred Lemonnier from a phosphate quarry in Belgium. Dollo names the species in his...

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Othenio Abel

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Franz Anton Louis Abel (20 June 1875 – 4 July 1946) was an Austrian paleontologist and evolutionary biologist. Together with Louis Dollo, he was the founder...

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Museum of Natural Sciences

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brought back to the museum and put on display. They were mounted by Louis Dollo and set the standard that was followed for over a century. Found alongside...

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Prognathodon

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described by Louis Dollo in 1889 based on specimens gathered in Belgium. There is some confusion over the correct generic name for the taxon. Dollo first mentioned...

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List of paleontologists

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1963- ) Charles Depéret (France, 1854-1929) Peter Dodson (United States) Louis Dollo (France / Belgium, 1857-1931) Dong Zhiming (China, 1937- ) Philip Donoghue...

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Research history of Mosasaurus

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lemonnieri, which was formally described nearly a century later by Louis Dollo in 1889. The first possible recorded discovery of a mosasaur in North...

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Cynomacrurus piriei

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This species grows to a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL. In 1909, Louis Dollo paper describing this species and circumscribing its monospecific genus...

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Phosphorosaurus

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table; and stapedial meatus parallel-sided". Belgian palaeontologist Louis Dollo defined the genus in 1889, with the description of Phosphorosaurus ortliebi...

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Plioplatecarpus

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Sweden, The Netherlands. It was first found in Europe by paleontologist Louis Dollo (P. marshi), in 1882. It was relatively incomplete, but more fossils...

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Craspedodon

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Iguanodon, and the species Craspedodon lonzeensis was named and described by Louis Dollo in 1883, although it is considered a nomen dubium. Craspedodon was long...

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Megalosaurus

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were later lost. It represents an indeterminate theropod. In 1903, Louis Dollo named Megalosaurus lonzeensis based on a manual claw found near Lonzee...

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Nicolia aegyptiaca

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and with the microscope. However, his error was soon demonstrated by Louis Dollo. Smets at first tried to defend his original identification but was again...

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Racovitzia

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formally described as a genus in 1900 by the Belgian palaeontologist Louis Dollo when he was describing the only species in what was then considered to...

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Hypsilophodon

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Huxley originally assigned Hypsilophodon to the Iguanodontidae. In 1882 Louis Dollo named a separate Hypsilophodontidae. By the middle of the twentieth century...

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University of Lille

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Solidarities. Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), doctor, ornithologist. Louis Dollo (1857–1931), paleontologist. Marc Drillech, sociologist and President...

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Biological rules

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with decreasing temperature. Dollo's law of irreversibility, proposed in 1893 by French-born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo states that "an organism never...

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Hypsilophodontidae

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within Iguanodontia. Hypsilophodontidae was named originally in 1882 by Louis Dollo, as a family to include Hypsilophodon and other small ornithopods with...

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Bernissart

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considered proof that some dinosaurs were herd animals. They were mounted by Louis Dollo and set the standard that was followed for over a century. Nine of the...

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Mantellisaurus

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non-avian dinosaur made primarily out of actual bone when put on display by Louis Dollo in 1884. This specimen was originally assigned to Iguanodon mantelli...

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Choristodera

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placement in Lacertilla due to the shape of the cervical vertebrae. Louis Dollo in 1891 returned Choristodera to Rhynchocephalia, but in 1893 suggested...

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List of herpetologists

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Diesmos [fr] Raymond Ditmars (1876–1942) James R. Dixon C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. Louis Dollo Charles Domergue (1914–2008) Steve Donnellan Maureen Ann Donnelly Roberto...

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Cryodraco

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described as a monotypic genus in 1900 by the Belgian palaeontologist Louis Dollo when he was describing Cryodraco antarctica. Although FishBase uses the...

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Scientific phenomena named after people

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Doebner–Miller reaction – Oscar Döbner (Doebner) and Wilhelm von Miller Dollo's law – Louis Dollo Donnan effect (a.k.a. Gibbs–Donnan effect) – see Gibbs–Donnan...

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Taniwhasaurus

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original definition of the taxon. The Plioplatecarpidae family was named by Louis Dollo in 1884, while the taxon Platecarpinae was named by Williston in 1897...

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