Jin Yugan

Jin Yugan (December 26, 1937 - June 26, 2006), Chinese paleontologist. Born in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Graduated from Nanjing University in 1959. In 2001, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He once served as a researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and vice president of the International Society of Paleontology. He has long been engaged in research on brachiopod fossils and Carboniferous and Permian strata.