David Grimaldi ( born David A. Grimaldi , September 22, 1957 ) is an American paleontologist who specializes in extinct insects , including extinct ants .
| David Grimaldi | |
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| English David A. Grimaldi | |
| Date of Birth | September 22, 1957 (61 years old) |
| Place of Birth | |
| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | entomologist |
| Place of work | American Museum of Natural History , Cornell University |
| Alma mater | |
| Known as | paleoentomologist |
| Systematic wildlife | |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " D. Grimaldi " . Personal page on IPNI website The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Grimaldi " . |
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Biography
Paleontologist , entomologist, and Curator of the Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in New York (American Museum of Natural History, New York), as well as a professor at Cornell University (Ithaca, Cornell University), Columbia University ( Manhattan , Columbia University) and the City University of New York. [one]
It is considered one of the largest experts in fossil insects from amber (including from the Dominican ), in fruit flies of the Drosophilidae family and fossil ants . He is a co-author of the description of the most ancient fossil cap mushroom Archaeomarasmius leggetti [2] .
Proceedings
- Grimaldi D. (1996). Amber: Window to the Past. Abrams. ISBN 0810926520 .
- Grimaldi D. and Agosti D. (2001). A formicine in New Jersey Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and early evolution of the ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97: 13678-13683. doi: 10.1073 / pnas.240452097. PMID 11078527
- Grimaldi, David A .; Engel, Michael S. Evolution of the Insects . - Cambridge , England: Cambridge University Press , 2005 .-- 772 p. - ISBN 0-521-82149-5 .
Eponymy
Species named after D. Grimaldi.
- Halitheres grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop (fossil haymaking from Burmese amber)
- Palaeoburmesebuthus grimaldii Lourenço (fossil scorpion from Burmese amber)
- Ambradolon grimaldii Metz (fossil species of terevid flies from Dominican amber)
- Cubanoptila grimaldii Wichard (fossil species of flies from Dominican amber)
- Ctenoplectrella grimaldii Michael S. Engel (fossil bee species from Baltic amber)
- Afrarchaea grimaldii Penney (Burmese amber fossil spider)
- Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns & Branham (fossil beetle from Dominican amber)
- Glabellula grimaldii Evenhuis (fossil species Mythicomyiidae from Dominican amber)
- Euliphora grimaldii Arillo & Mostovski (fossil species of forids from Spanish amber)
- Phyloblatta grimaldii Vršanský (fossil cockroach from Virginia Triassic)
- Glyptotermes grimaldii Michael S. Engel & Krishna (fossil termite from Dominican amber)
- Burmadactylus grimaldii Heads (fossil dwarf cricket from Burmese amber)
See also
- Evans howard
Notes
- ↑ David A. Grimaldi Archived June 3, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hibbett DS, Grimaldi D. Donoghue MJ Cretaceous mushrooms in amber (Eng.) // Nature. - 1995. - Vol. 377. - P. 487.
Links
- Evolution of the Insects . (eng.)