Auguste Pomel

Auguste Nicolas Pomel (20 September 1821 - 1898) was a French geologist and paleontologist

Pomel was born in Issoire. He worked as a mines engineer in Algeria and became a specialist in north African vertebrate fossils. His works included Sur les Alcyonaires fossiles Miocenes de l'Algerie (1868) and Des races indigènes de l'Algérie et du rôle que leur reservent leurs aptitudes (1871). He died in Dra-el-Mizan.

The standard author abbreviation Pomel is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Pomel
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Date of birth	20 September 1821
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Date of death	1898
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