Jean-Claude Rage has been recognized for several decades as one of the leading and international experts in the field of palaeontology, which he largely contributed to develop and which could be called “micro-palaeoherpetology”. As an introduction to a collection of papers in his honour, this short biographical sketch, authored by two colleagues of Jean-Claude (one of whom also is a former PhD student of his) is meant to convey our appreciation of his remarkable scientific and personal achievements.

Jean-Claude Rage is currently Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research) and is based at the Muséum National...

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