Paleonet: Anatoly Val'kov, discoverer of Markuelia

Wed Apr 7 07:02:13 UTC 2010

Han dog väl den 31 mars, inte maj....
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On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Stefan Bengtson wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> The sad news just reached us that Anatoly K. Val'kov died on May 31st. He was an eminent palaeontologist and biostratigrapher who did extensive work in the Precambrian-Cambrian transitional sequences of the Siberian Platform. During most of his career, he was based at the Institute of Geology in Yakutsk. As a palaeontologist he is particularly well-known for his studies on hyoliths and "angustiochreids" (anabaritids), those triradial herald trumpets announcing the coming of the Cambrian "small shelly fossils". He is also known for his discovery and naming of Markuelia, one of the most intriguing, beautiful and long-lived embryo fossils from the early history of animals.
> 
> We who knew him will also remember him as a kind and warm-hearted friend and a great field companion.
> 
> Stockholm, April 2nd, 2010
> 
> Stefan Bengtson         Artem Kouchinsky
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