Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian (born 22 March 1949) is a Russian paleontologist working at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.
He has named several species including Parvicursor remotus and Praeornis sharovi.
Tributes
The gliding neodiapsid reptile genus and species name Rautiania alexandri Bulanov & Sennikov, 2006 is a tribute to Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian.
References
- "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS". www.degruyter.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- Karhu, A.A. and Rautian, A.S. (1996). "A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal Russian Academy of Sciences 30(5): 583-592.
- Rautian, A. S. (1978). "A unique bird feather from Jurassic lake deposits in the Karatau." Paleontological Journal, 4: 520-528.
- Bulanov, V.V.; Sennikov, A.G. (October 2006). "The first gliding reptiles from the upper Permian of Russia". Paleontological Journal. 40 (supp5): S567 – S570. doi:10.1134/S0031030106110037. ISSN 1555-6174. S2CID 84310001.