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Academician Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Федо́нкин; born June 19, 1946) is a Russian paleontologist specializing in documentation of the earliest animals' body fossils, tracks, and trails. He has also described numerous Vendian-aged fossils including Hiemalora, Cephalonega, and Nimbia occlusa.
Mikhail А. Fedonkin
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М. Fedonkin in Moscow, 2017
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Born | (1946-06-19)19 June 1946 |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Known for | Paleontologist, Academician |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, Geology, Biology |
Institutions | Geological Institute RAS |
Fedonkin was born in Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Region, Russia.
In 1969, Fedonkin presented a thesis titled "Biostratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Precambrian deposits of Kharaulakh Mountains, Northern Yakutia (Sakha)" to earn his MScinGeology from Moscow State University. He went on to obtain a PhDinStratigraphy\Paleontology (1978) and a Doctorate of Science in Paleobiology (1985) from the Geological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow for his dissertations on "Precambrian fauna and trace fossils from the Russian Platform north" and "Non-skeletal fauna of the Vendian and its place in the evolution of metazoans", respectively.
In 1971, Fedonkin was a junior scientific researcher at the Geological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. In 1978, he became a senior scientific researcher at the Paleontological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
In 1985 he was promoted to be the Lead Scientific Researcher.
Since 1992, Fedonkin has been the Head of the laboratory of Precambrian paleobiology at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Over his career he has completed field work in Australia, Canada, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain and the United States.