Ferdinand Canu (1863–1932) was a French

paleontologist Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...

and author. In 1923 he was awarded

Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal The Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for meritorious work in zoology or paleontology study published in a three to five year period." Named after Daniel Giraud Elliot, it was first awarded in 1917. L ...

for his work ''North American Later Tertiary and Quaternary Bryozoa''.

Works

*1917 – ''A synopsis of American Early Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa'' *1918 – ''Bryozoa of the Canal Zone and Related Areas'' *1919 – ''Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies'' * *1921 – ''Bryozoa of the Philippine Region'' *1923 – ''North American Later Tertiary and Quaternary Bryozoa'' *1931 – ''Bryozoaires oligocènes de la Belgique conservés au Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique'' *1933 – ''The Bryozoan Fauna of the Vincentown Limesand''

References

1863 births 1932 deaths French paleontologists {{France-scientist-stub