Adolf Seilacher
Adolf Seilacher , also Dolf Seilacher (born February 24, 1925 in Stuttgart , † April 26, 2014 in Tübingen ), was a German paleontologist .
Adolf Seilacher, who collected fossils as a teenager and published his first publication on fossil sharks at the age of 18, studied at the University of Tübingen from 1945 . There he received his doctorate in 1951 under Otto Heinrich Schindewolf with a study on the classification and interpretation of fossil traces of life . His habilitation was on calcareous sponges (Sphinctozoa). After stations in Frankfurt am Main , Baghdad and Göttingen , he was Professor of Paleontology in Tübingen from 1964 to 1990 as the successor to Otto Heinrich Schindewolf.
From 1987 to 1999 he was also an adjunct professor at Yale University .
Adolf Seilacher was President of the Paleontological Society from 1977 to 1979 .
Research priorities
Adolf Seilacher was considered to be one of the most distinguished and innovative paleontologists in the world. He made significant contributions to palichnology (trace fossil studies), an area in which he has set standards since the 1960s. He gave further impulses on the subject of fossil deposits , natural constructions ( construction morphology ) and the interpretation of Precambrian organisms ( vendobionts ).
student
honors and awards
- 1987 Full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences
- 1992 Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Medal of Merit from the State of Baden-Württemberg
- 1993 Gustav Steinmann Medal of the Geological Association
- 1994 honorary member of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg
- 1995 honorary member of the Paleontological Society
- 2006 Lapworth Medal from the Palaeontological Association
- 2013 Otto Jaekel Medal of the Paleontological Society
editor
- From 1964: Central Journal for Geology and Paleontology (Department of Paleontology)
- From 1969: New Yearbook for Geology and Paleontology
- With Hans Hagdorn : Muschelkalk (= special volumes of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg. 2). Schöntaler Symposium 1991. Goldschneck-Verlag Weidert, Stuttgart (ie: Korb) 1993, ISBN 3-926129-11-5 .
Fonts
- Elasmobranch remains from the Upper Muschelkalk and Keuper Württemberg. New yearbook for mineralogy, geology and palaontology, monthly books, (10), 256–271, Stuttgart 1943
- Another ancient Elasmobranch (Phoebodus keuperinus n. Sp.) From the Württemberg gypsum keuper. New yearbook for geology and palaeontology, monthly books, (1–4), 24–27, Stuttgart 1948
- Trace fossil analysis. Springer, Berlin et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-47225-4 .
- Fossil art. engl. Edition 2008, German edition 2013 by E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-510-65277-8 .
literature
- Biography in: Werner K. Weidert (Hrsg.): Classic sites of paleontology. Volume 2: 23 sites and outcrops in Denmark, Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. Goldschneck-Verlag, Korb 1990, ISBN 3-926129-05-0 (there from Seilacher the section Holzmaden ).
- Derek EG Briggs: Adolf Seilacher (1925-2014). In: Nature . Volume 509, No. 7501, 2014, p. 428, doi: 10.1038 / 509428a
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Seilacher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Palaeontological Society: Obituary Adolf Seilacher , accessed on December 10, 2014
- Form and Function - A Tribute to Adolf Seilacher
- Obituary in the Schwäbisches Tagblatt, April 29, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members . In: Yearbook of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . No. 2013 , 2014, pp. 55 .
- ^ Honorary members of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seilacher, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 2014 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |