Who scientifically described the animal that shares its name with Marius Tucă's city of birth?
Marius Tucă Marius Tucă (born 29 July 1966, Caracal, Olt County, Romania) is a Romanian journalist and TV host.
Lavocatia Lavocatia is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and lived alongside of dinosaurs. Like most Mesozoic mammals, it was a shrewish-sized animal. It's in the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae. The genus "Lavocatia" was named by J. I. Canudo and G. Cuenca in 1996 based on a single tooth, with the generic epithet in honor of French paleontologist René Lavocat and the specific epithet a reference to the town of Alfambra.