Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian (born 22 March 1949) is a Russian paleontologist working at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.
He has named several species including Parvicursor remotus and Praeornis sharovi.Karhu, A.A. and Rautian, A.S. (1996). "A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal Russian Academy of Sciences 30(5): 583-592.Rautian, A. S. (1978). "A unique bird feather from Jurassic lake deposits in the Karatau." Paleontological Journal, 4: 520-528.
Tributes The gliding neodiapsid reptile genus and species name Rautiania alexandri Bulanov & Sennikov, 2006 is a tribute to Aleksandr Sergeevich Rautian.
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