Georges Leopold Cuvier is associated with which science?
Georges Cuvier orangutan. Cuvier also collaborated on the "Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles" (61 volumes, 1816–1845) and on the "" (45 volumes, 1843-18??) Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and
Georges Cuvier reptiles: "Anolis cuvieri" (a lizard from Puerto Rico), "Bachia cuvieri", and "Oplurus cuvieri". There also are some extinct animals named after Cuvier, such as the South American giant sloth "Catonyx cuvieri". Cuvier Island in New Zealand was named after Cuvier by D'Urville. The professor of English Wayne Glausser argues at length that the Aubrey-Maturin series of 21 novels (1970–2004) by Patrick O'Brian make the character Stephen Maturin "an advocate of the neo-classical paradigm articulated .. by Georges Cuvier." Cuvier is referenced in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" as having written a description of the