Lev Alexandrovich Nessov
Russian ornithologist and paleontologist
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Lev Alexandrovich Nessov (Russian: Лев Александрович Несов; 1947 — 1995) was a Russian paleontologist.
1947
Lev Nessov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lev Alexandrovich Nessov 1947 |
| Died | (aged 48) |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Known for | Research on Mesozoic vertebrates of Central Asia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
Biography
Lev Alexandrovich Nessov was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1947. He graduated with a degree in paleontology from Leningrad State University in 1969. His main research focus was on Mesozoic vertebrates from the Soviet part of Central Asia.[1]
Nessov often took the train or bus from Leningrad to Central Asia where he took long hikes into the desert to find fossils.[2]
He authored two scientific monographs and about 170 research articles. Nessov established more than 350 taxa of extinct organisms.[1]
Several taxa were named in his honor: Samrukia nessovi (pterosaur), Gurilynia nessovi and Explorornis nessovi (Cretaceous birds), Levnesovia (hadrosaur), Nessovbaatar (multituberculate), Deltatheridium nessovi (Cretaceous mammal), Karakhtia nessovi (vendobiont) and Puppigerus nessovi (Eocene sea turtle).[1][3]
Nessov took his own life in 1995 at the age of 48 because the dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted that his travels were restricted.[2]
