Sohan Lal Jain
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Sohan Lal Jain is an India
n paleontologist, who worked for many years at the Indian Statistical Institute
, Kolkata
. The large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur genus Jainosaurus
, was named in his honour after it was identified as a distinct genus. It was earlier thought to be a species of Antarctosaurus
. he also made studies of sauropod braincases and some fossil turtles.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n paleontologist, who worked for many years at the Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university in Kolkata's northern outskirt of Baranagar, India founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
. The large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur genus Jainosaurus
Jainosaurus
Jainosaurus is a large titanosaurian dinosaur of India and wider Asia, which lived in the Maastrichtian ....
, was named in his honour after it was identified as a distinct genus. It was earlier thought to be a species of Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. The type species, A. wichmannianus, was described by prolific German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1929, who also described a second species in 1929. Three additional...
. he also made studies of sauropod braincases and some fossil turtles.