Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910, Sabadell, Spain—1983) was a Catalan palaeontologist. He specialised in mammal bones.

Crusafont obtained a Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona in 1933. He got a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Madrid in 1950.

Miquel Crusafont i Pairó

In 1961, he was appointed Professor of Palaeontology at the University of Oviedo. He later became Professor of Anthropology at the Societatis Iesu (Barcelona).

Miquel Crusafont i Pairó

In 1969, Crusafont founded the Provincial Palaeontology Institute. It has been known as the Miquel Crusafont Palaeontology Institute since 1983.

Miquel Crusafont i Pairó

The prehistoric mammal Crusafontia was named for Crusafont.

Selected works

(1943, with Josep Fernández de Villalta) (1948, with Josep Fernández de Villalta) (1955, with Josep Fernández de Villalta and Jaume Truyols) (1957, with Jaume Truyols) (1966, with Bermudo Meléndez and Emiliano Aguirre)

References

Other websites

Information about the Miquel Crusafont Palaeontology Institute

Paleontologists

People from Sabadell

Spanish scientists

1910 births

1983 deaths