Claude Jourdan | |
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| Born | (1803-06-18)June 18, 1803 |
| Died | February 12, 1873(1873-02-12) (aged 69) |
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| Fields | Zoology paleontology |
| Institutions | University of Lyon |
Claude Jourdan (18 June 1803, inHeyrieux – 12 February 1873, inLyon) was a Frenchzoologist andpaleontologist.
InLyon he was a professor of zoology to theFaculté des sciences, and a professor ofcomparative anatomy at theÉcole des Beaux-Arts. From 1832 to 1869 he was director of theMusée d'histoire naturelle - Guimet in Lyons.[1][2]
As a zoologist, he conducted studies of living and extinct vertebrates, includingProboscidea (elephants and their ancestors). In 1840–48 he is credited with uncovering 2000 fossils at various excavation sites in France.[2] As ataxonomist, he describedAcerodon, a genus of Old World fruit bats, andHemigalus, a monospecific genus associated with thebanded palm civet,Hemigalus derbyanus. He also classified the following mammal species:
In 1839Jules Bourcier named therufous-shafted woodstar,Chaetocercus jourdanii, after him. It is sometimes referred to as "Jourdan's woodstar".[4]
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