Andrzej Elżanowski: key obituary facts
Is Andrzej Elżanowski dead? Yes. Andrzej Elżanowski died on September 9, 2026, at age 76.
Cause of death: Andrzej Elżanowski's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Andrzej Elżanowski known for?
He was a Polish paleontologist and zoologist.
More about Andrzej Elżanowski
Born: 21 January 1950.
Place of birth: Przasnysz.
Gender: male.
Occupation: paleontologist, zoologist, ornithologist, university teacher.
Nationality: Poland.
Education: University of Warsaw.
Employer: University of Wrocław.
Andrzej Elżanowski, a Polish paleontologist and zoologist, died on September 9, 2026, aged 76.
Born in Przasnysz on January 21, 1950, he studied at the University of Warsaw and worked at the University of Wrocław and later at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Artes Liberales. Elżanowski specialized in bird phylogeny and Mesozoic birds, and in 1992 he and Peter Wellnhofer described the theropod Archaeornithoides.
He also wrote on Archaeopterygiformes and in 2001 identified the Solnhofen specimen of Archaeopteryx as a separate genus and species, naming it Wellnhoferia grandis.