Robert Hoffstetter
- December 29, 1999
- 91 years
About Robert Hoffstetter
Robert Hoffstetter, 91, French taxonomist and herpetologist.
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|Robert Julien Hoffstetter (11 June 1908 in Fargniers – 29 December 1999 in Gennevilliers) was a French taxonomist and herpetologist who was influential in categorizing reptiles. He described the snake families Bolyeriidae and Madtsoiidae.
Selected bibliography
- Faune du gisement précolombien d'Anse-Belleville: Reptiles, 1946
- Les mammifères pléistocènes de la république de l'Equateur, 1952
- Notice sur les titres et travaux scientifiques, 1955
- Contribution à l'étude des Orophodontoidea, gravigrades cuirassés de la Patagonie, 1956
- Le gisement de ternifine, 1963
- Historique et géologie, 1963
- Révision des Artiodactyles de l'Eocène moyen de Lissieu (Rhône), 1972
- Rongeurs caviomorphes de l'Oligocène de Bolivie, 1976
- Phylogenie et Paleobiogeographie, 1982
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