Henri Cappetta
French paleoichthyologist (1946–2024)
Henri Cappetta (August 29, 1946 – January 6, 2024) was a French ichthyologist specializing in the paleontology of sharks and rays. He was a managing director at the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution in the University of Montpellier.
References
H. Cappetta, Handbook of Paleoichthyology (Gustav Fischer, 1987)
External links
Henri Cappetta on www.isem.cnrs.fr (French)
New sharks and rays from the Cenomanian and Turonian of Charentes, France. Romain Vullo, Henri Cappetta and Didier Néraudeau, Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 52 (1), pp.
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