Louis Dollo

Louis Dollo

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birth_date = December 7, 1857
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death_date = 1931
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field = palaeontology
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known_for = Dollo's law
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Louis-Antoine-Marie-Joséph Dollo (1857-1931) was a French-born Belgian palaeontologist, known for formulating Dollo's law. In 1878, he supervised the excavation of the famous, multiple Iguanodon find, at Bernissart, Belgium.

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title=Dollo on Dollo's law: irreversibility and the status of evolutionary laws
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pages=189-212
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