# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-fedonkin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:35.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhail-fedonkin"
name: "Mikhail Fedonkin"
slug: "mikhail-fedonkin"
description: "Academician Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin is a Russian paleontologist specializing in documentation of the earliest animals' body fossils, tracks, and trails. He has also described numerous Vendian-aged fossils including Hiemalora, Cephalonega, and Nimbia occlusa."
tagline: "Russian paleontologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2025-FedonkinMA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1946-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.071454666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ginras.ru/struct/1/fedonkin.php"
sources:
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    title: "Mikail Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Alexandrowitsch_Fedonkin"
    title: "Michail Alexandrowitsch Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Fedonkin"
    title: "Mikhail Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Fedonkin"
    title: "Mikhail Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "میخائیل فدونکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Fedonkine"
    title: "Mikhaïl Fedonkine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Aleksandrovich_Fedonkin"
    title: "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Федонкин, Михаил Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Aleksandrovich_Fedonkin"
    title: "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump