User:GEJS02/Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa

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Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa (born 7 December 1930) is a Lithuanian geologist and paleontologist.

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She wrote a reference text on the biostratigraphy of the Devonian and Silurian strata, with thelodonts as index fossils. Karatajūtė-Talimaa participated in many paleontological and geological expeditions. Karatajūtė-Talimaa is an honourary member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Lithuanian Geological Society.

Karatajūtė-Talimaa studied at Vilnius University, and graduated in 1954. Karatajūtė-Talimaa was awarded the J. Dalinkevičius Prize in 2003 for her contributions towards research in Lithuanian stratigraphy, and research on the oldest Paleozoic vertebrates. Her research accounts discoveries of Antiarchi, Thelodonts and Chondrichthyes primarily in northern Eurasia. Karatajūtė-Talimaa identified over 100 new species. Karatajūtė-Talimaa has written over 180 scientific articles.