Louis Dollo Scientist

Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo (Lille, December 7, 1857 – Brussels, April 19, 1931) was a French-born Belgian palaeontologist, known for his work on dinosaurs. He also posited that evolution is not reversible, known as Dollo's law. Together with the Austrian Othenio Abel, Dollo established the principles of paleobiology.

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Louis Dollo
Birth dateDecember 07, 1857
Birth place
Lille
Nationality
Belgians
Citizenship
France
Date of deathApril 19, 1931
Place of death
Brussels
Known for
Dollo's law of irreversibility

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Field of study
Paleontology

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