The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fossils

by Giovanni Pinna

English (translation)Original Italian

Genres: Reference, Science

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Giovanni Pinna (nato a Torino nel 1939) è professore di paleontologia e museologo. Ha lavorato dal 1964 al 1996 al Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, il maggiore museo naturalistico italiano, prima come conservatore di paleontologia, poi come direttore dal 1981 al 1996.



Giovanni Pinna (born in Turin, Italy, 1939) is a Professor in Paleontology and a museologist. For over thirty years (1964-1996) he was a member of the staff of the Natural History Museum in Milan - the largest of its kind in Italy. He started his career there as Curator in Paleontology and in 1981 was appointed Director of the Museum, a post he held until 1996.

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