Éric Buffetaut
Éric Buffetaut (born 19 November 1950) is a French paleontologist, author and researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1976 where he is a Doctor of Science and Director of Research. Buffetaut is a specialist of fossil archosaurs, mainly dinosaurs and pterosaurs, and has published many books on paleontology. He is one of the major paleontologists to support the thesis of the fall of a meteorite as the main cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Éric Buffetaut | |
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| Born | 19 November 1950 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Université de Paris |
| Known for | Archosaur research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Institutions | Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
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