Interested Article - Медаль Чарльза Дулиттла Валькота

Медаль Чарльза Дулиттла Валькота ( англ. Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal ) — научная награда Национальной академии наук США за выдающиеся достижения в области изучения докембрийского и кембрийского геологического периода.

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Награда была учреждена в 1934 году на средства в честь американского палеонтолога Чарльза Дулиттла Валькота (1850−1927), и присуждается раз в пять лет.

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Год	Лауреат	Обоснование награды
1934		—
1939		For researches on the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cambrian formations of Sweden.
1947	Вологдин, Александр Григорьевич	For his studies of Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian algae and his researches on the Archaeocyatha, a distinctive group of Cambrian organisms.
1952		For his contributions to Cambrian paleontology.
1957		For his monumental work entitiled Contribution a l'etude du Cambrien inferieur et du Precambrien III de l'Antiatlas marocain.
1962	Армин Александр Эпик	For his contributions to Cambrian geology and paleontology.
1967		For his research in pre-Cambrian or Cambrian life, in recognition of his eminence as a specialist in the studies of the Cambrian.
1972		For his outstanding contributions in pre-Cambrian paleobiology.
1977	Престон Клауд	In recognition of eminence and distinguished achievement in the advancement of sciences in pre-Cambrian paleontology and the early history of life on the primitive earth.
1982		For his perceptive, worldwide biological and paleoecological analyses of the earliest Metazoa, which have extended over a quarter century and have illuminated the beginnings of Phanerozoic evolution.
1987	Эндрю Нолл	For their meticulous and insightful research on plant evolution from its microbial roots to vascularization, especially during the transition from Proterozoic to Phanerozoic.
1992		For his leadership in studies of the enigmatic faunas of the Cambrian radiation, evidence for a major evolutionary event that his meticulous research has illuminated.
1997	Михаил Александрович Федонкин	For his meticulous and insightful documentation of the body fossils, tracks, and trails that record the earliest evolution of animals.
2002		For his pioneering discoveries of fossils that have illuminated life's early evolution, from Archean stromatolites and Proterozoic cyanobacteria, to the rise of multicellular organisms.
2007		For the insightful elucidation of ancient carbonates and the stromatolites they contain, and for meticulous field research that has established the timing of early animal evolution.
2013		For his pioneering studies of Precambrian microfossils and for his generous and inspirational leadership of the Precambrian Paleobiology Research Groups.