Paul E. P. Deraniyagala

Paul E. P. Deraniyagala

Dr. Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900 - 1976) was a paleontologist, zoologist, and also an artist from Sri Lanka. He specialised in fauna and human fossils of the Indian subcontinent. Between 1939 - 1963 he was the Director of the National Museum of Ceylon, and between 1961 - 64 he was also the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Vidyodaya University. He was married to Prini Molamure. Their son Dr. Siran Upendra Deraniyagala is also a famous scientist, specialising in archeology.

Among the fossils and species he described, there are:
* The cannibalistic Balangoda People, "Homo sapiens balangodensis"
* The extinct Sri Lanka Lion ("Leo leo sinhaleyus" 1939)
* The extinct Sri Lankan Gaur ("Bibos sinhaleyus" 1962)
* The extinct Sri Lankan hippopotamus ("Hexaprotodon sinhaleyus" 1937)
* The extinct Sri Lankan rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros sinhaleyus" 1936)
* The extinct Sri Lankan rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros kagavena" 1956)

He also described an alleged African subspecies of tiger "Panthera tigris sudanensis" in 1951.

See also

* "Panthera tigris sudanensis"

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1005.html Genealogy of the Deraniyagala family, including a photo of Dr. Paul E. P. Deraniyagala]
* [http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/india-lanka.htm Dr. Paul E. P. Deraniyagala and his son's work, including two drawings by the former]


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