Genus Cuviera
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For Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist. He succeeded Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in the chair of comparative anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes. He was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and palaeontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. He founded vertebrate palaeontology as a scientific discipline and established for a fact that extinctions take place, some catastrophic, a major new view of history. He was a prolific writer on natural history, comparative anatomy, molluscs, palaeontological and geological investigations, etc. His most famous work is the Le Règne Animal (The Animal Kingdom) (1817). In 1819, he was created a life peer in honour of his scientific contributions.