Charles Alfred Matley
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Charles Alfred Matley (1866–1947) was a British paleontologist and geologist in India, the British West Indies and Wales.
Matley was educated at Birmingham University, and earned a doctorate in geology (D.Sc.) from the University of London in July 1902.[1]
In the 1930s, Matley was appointed Government Geologist for Jamaica and under his tenure a ground water assessment for the island was prepared. In addition, while on the island he collected one of the most extensive collection of Jamaican fossils.[2]
Matley was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1929 by the Geological Society of London.[3] The standard author abbreviation Matley is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a formal faunal record.[citation needed]
He married Sarah A. Loach in Birmingham in 1891.[citation needed]
Matley conducted significant geological and palaeontological fieldwork in the Central Provinces of India, particularly in the region around Jabalpur in present-day Madhya Pradesh. He excavated fossils from the Lameta Formation, a Late Cretaceous geological unit known for its rich dinosaur-bearing deposits. Matley's collections from the Jabalpur area included remains of sauropod dinosaurs, notably species of Titanosaurus, as well as theropod material. These finds formed the basis of a major monograph co-authored with the German palaeontologist Friedrich von Huene, titled The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India (1933), published by the Palaeontologia Indica.[4] His work remains a foundational reference in Indian dinosaur palaeontology. Matley also described reptilian and amphibian fauna from the Lameta beds, contributing to the broader understanding of the Mesozoic fauna of the Indian subcontinent.
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