Miguel Telles Antunes

Miguel Telles Antunes
Director of the Maynense Museum of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
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Born	Miguel Carlos Ferreira Telles Antunes 11 January 1937 Lisbon, Portugal
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

Dr. Miguel Telles Antunes GOIH (born 11 January 1937; Lisbon) is a famous Portuguese academic, specializing in paleontology, zooarchaeology, and geology. Antunes is a ranking member of various institutions, including the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon, and the Lourinhã Museum of Ethnology and Archaeology.

Antunes is the namesake of the scientific names of multiple species, from dinosaurs to insects, owing to his preeminence as the field of paleontology and archaeology, the most notable of which is the Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a theropod dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.

Antunes is a ranking member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Portugal's most eminent scientific scholarly society, Antunes serves as the Director of the academy's Maynense Museum.

Antunes is a professor at the Nova University of Lisbon, where he previously served as chair of Nova's Sciences and Technology Department.

Antunes serves as a curator and as a member of the board of directors for the Lourinhã Museum of Ethnology and Archaeology.

Numerous species, all extinct, are named after Antunes, including:

Miguel Carlos Ferreira Telles Antunes was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 11 January 1937.

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