Philippe Taquet

Philippe Taquet (25 April 1940 – 16 November 2025) was a French paleontologist. His works focused on dinosaurs in northern Africa. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, having been elected in 2004. He was president of the academy from 2012 until his death. He studied and described a many new dinosaur species from Africa. He was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France.

Taquet died on 16 November 2025 in Paris, France at the age of 85.Pierre Barthélémy: "Philippe Taquet, chasseur de dinosaures et ancien directeur du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, est mort". lemonde.fr, 17 November 2025 (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2025.

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