Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov
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Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov (А.Г. Шаров) is a Russia
n palaeoentomologist, paleontologist and expert on Pterosauria. He worked during the 1960s and 1970s on the Karatau rocks and discovered many of the fossil
s, of which some have been named after him, as in the case of the Karatausuchus sharovi
(a crocodile
). He also discovered and described the specimen Sordes pilosus
in 1971.
Sharov, A. G. 1970 Unusual reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Pal. Zh.
Sharov, A. G. 1971 Novyiye lyetayushchiye reptili iz myezozoya Kazakhstana i Kirgizii. New flying reptiles from the Mesozoic of Kazakhstan and Kirghizia. Trudy paleont. Inst. Moscow. Russian text with end plates.
Russia
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n palaeoentomologist, paleontologist and expert on Pterosauria. He worked during the 1960s and 1970s on the Karatau rocks and discovered many of the fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s, of which some have been named after him, as in the case of the Karatausuchus sharovi
Karatausuchus
Karatausuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid crocodylomorph. It is known from a single specimen discovered in the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita from the vicinity of Mikhailovka in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan...
(a crocodile
Crocodile
A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...
). He also discovered and described the specimen Sordes pilosus
Sordes
Sordes was a small basal pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.The genus was named in 1971 by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov. The type species is Sordes pilosus. The genus name means "filth" or "scum" in Latin, a reference to evil spirits in local folklore...
in 1971.
Publications
Sharov, A. G. 1966 Unique finds of reptiles from Mesozoic of Central Asia. Byull. Mosc. Obshch. Ispyit. Prirod., Otd. Geol.Sharov, A. G. 1970 Unusual reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Pal. Zh.
Sharov, A. G. 1971 Novyiye lyetayushchiye reptili iz myezozoya Kazakhstana i Kirgizii. New flying reptiles from the Mesozoic of Kazakhstan and Kirghizia. Trudy paleont. Inst. Moscow. Russian text with end plates.