Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitskii (Russian: Владимир Прохорович Амалицкий; July 13, 1860–December 28, 1917) (alternative spelling: Amalitzky) was a paleontologist and professor at Warsaw University.[1] He was involved in the discovery and excavation of the Late Permian fossil vertebrate fauna from the North Dvina River, Arkhangelsk District, Northern European Russia.[2] He made a number of studies of the fossil remains of amphibians and reptiles from Northern Russia.
Vladimir Prokhorovich Amalitskii | |
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Born | July 13, 1860 |
Died | December 28, 1917 | (aged 57)
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | SPb University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Institutions | Warsaw University |
Amalitskii was born in the village of Staryky, near Korosten in what is now Zhytomyr Oblast in Ukraine.[1]
Amalitskii and his wife Anna Petrovna, who had studied art in St. Petersburg, illustrated and translated books and articles together.[1] Together they uncovered the first fossils of Scutosaurus
He died from sudden heart failure in Kislovodsk on December 28, 1917, aged 57.[1]