Albert-Félix de Lapparent
Albert-Félix de Lapparent was a French palaeontologist. He was also a Sulpician priest. He undertook a number of fossil-hunting explorations in the Sahara desert. He contributed greatly to our knowledge of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. In 1986, José Bonaparte named the dinosaur Lapparentosaurus in his honour.
Dinosaurs named by Lapparent were Inosaurus tedreftensis and Lusitanosaurus liassicus.
New species of known genera are also credited to him. In alphabetical order, they are: Apatosaurus alenquerensis, Astrodon pusillus, Brachiosaurus atalaiensis , Brachiosaurus nougaredi, Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis, Elaphrosaurus gautieri, Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis, Megalosaurus pombali and Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis.
The giant crocodile Sarcosuchus was also discovered by him, in 1964.
