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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 | |
|---|---|
 Amalitskii before 1917 | |
| 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]
Partial bibliography edit
- Amalitskii, V.P., Dvinosauridae Petrograd : Akademicheskaia tip., 1921. 16 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. -- (Severodvinskie raskopki professora V.P. Amalitskogo ;
- Amalitskii, V.P., Seymouridae, Petrograd : Akademicheskaia tip., 1921. 14 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. -- (Severodvinskie raskopki professora V.P. Amalitskogo ; 2)
- Amalitzky, V.P., 1922, Diagnoses of the new forms of vertebrates and plants from the upper Permian of North Dvina: Bulletin de l’Académie des Sciences de l'URSS, Math and Natural Sciences, 1922, p. 329-340. and in Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. 6 25 (1), 1–12.
References edit
- ^ a b c d Palamarchuk, Marichka (2023-05-20). "(Un)celebrated Ukrainians Who Changed the Course of History: Vladimir Amalitskii". Get the Latest Ukraine News Today - KyivPost. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Benton, Michael J.; Shishkin, Mikhail A.; Unwin, David M.; Kurochkin, Evgenii N. (2003-12-04). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-0-521-54582-2.
External links edit
- V. Amalitskii bibliography in information system "History of Geology and Minimg".
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