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Yuri Alexandrovich Popov

Russian paleoentomologist (1936–2016)

  • Fame37.7
  • Momentum1.8
  • Wikipedia110
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Lived 1936–2016, aged 80
AcademicsAcademic
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    6 languages
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  • Era
    1936–2016
    Aged 80
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Updated 2026-07-10

Yuri Alexandrovich Popov was a Soviet and Russian paleoentomologist, an authority on the taxonomy and evolution of fossil true bugs (Heteroptera) and Coleorrhyncha. He described more than 20 new families and subfamilies and 300 new genera and species from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. He also was one of the founders of the modern higher classification of true bugs: three of seven heteropteran infraorders have been established by him. He was the author of more than 170 publications, including a classic monograph on the evolution of water bugs.

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Momentum1.8
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Source confidence35.0
Completeness60.0
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