Joshua Hoffet | |
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| Born | Joshua-Heilman Hoffet May 5, 1901 |
| Died | disappeared 21 April 1945 (aged 43) declared dead 1947 (aged 45-46) |
| Cause of death | Killed in action (presumed) |
| Alma mater | University of Nancy |
| Known for | Discovering the first dinosaur fossils in Laos |
| Spouses |
Alice Braun (m. 1933) |
| Children | 4 |
| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | Geology and Paleontology of Laos |
| Thesis | Geological study of central Indochina between Tourane and the Mekong (central Annam and Lower Laos) (1933) |
| Academic advisors | Paul Fallot |
Joshua Hoffet, born Joshua-Heilman Hoffet,[nb 1] (5 May 1901 – disappeared 21 April 1945) was a French palaeontologist best remembered for his expeditions to Laos, which discovered the first known remains of dinosaurs in the country, which belonged to what is now known as Tangvayosaurus.[1]
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- ^ J.-H. Hoffet. (1942). Description de quelques ossements de Titanosauriens du Sénonien du Bas-Laos [Description of some titanosaurian bones from the Senonian of Lower Laos]. Comptes Rendus des Séances du Conseil des Recherches Scientifiques de l'Indochine 1942(1):49-57