Ewa Roniewicz

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Ewa Wanda Roniewicz
NationalityPolish
Scientific career
Fields Paleontology
InstitutionsInstitute of Paleobiology, Warsaw, Poland

Ewa Roniewicz is a Polish palaeontologist, known for her work on Mesozoic and Palaeozoic corals [1] and for co-authoring the 1970 description of Deinocheirus mirificus .

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References

  1. "Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences". biominerals.paleo.pan.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-18.