Alexei Petrovich Bystrov

Alexei Petrovich Bystrow ( Russian Алексе́й Петро́вич Быстро́в ; born February 1, 1899 in Ryazan Oblast ; † August 29, 1959 in Leningrad ) was a paleontologist , anatomist and histologist from Russia .

biography

Alexei Bystrow was born into the family of a peasant priest and a teacher in Ryazan Oblast . First he attended the village school, later a pen. In 1917 he joined the Ryazan Alumnate , which was dissolved by the new rulers in 1918. He then studied at the Medical Academy, where he was primarily interested in the anatomy and paleontology of vertebrates . In 1937 he moved to Moscow . Here Bystrow worked in the Paleontological Institute (department for lower vertebrates). In 1939 he went back to Leningrad , where he worked until the German attack on the Soviet Union, after which he was evacuated to Kirov . In February 1943, Bystrow was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the medical service.

After the war, Alexei Bystrov taught in Leningrad at the local university , where he wrote many scientific works.

Bystrow died in 1959 and was buried in Leningrad.

A cape on Jackson Island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago was named after him. The same applies to the Bystrov Rock , a rock formation in Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.

Works

In German language

• Diaphragmatic hernia in dogs. In: Anatomischer Anzeiger . Publishing house Gustav Fischer; Jena 1930; Volume 70, No. 8/10, pp. 192-212.
• Assimilation of the atlas and manifestation of the pro atlas. In: Zeitschrift für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte (Journal for the entire anatomy). Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1931, Volume 95, Issue 1–2, pp. 210–242.
• Morphological studies of the occipital region and the first cervical vertebrae in mammals and humans. I. Communication: About the Proatlas and Anteproatlas near the seal. In: Zeitschr. f. Anatomy Develop. (Journal of the entire anatomy). Verlag von J. Springer, Berlin 1933, Volume 100, Issue 3, pp. 362-386.
• Morphological studies of the occipital region and the first cervical vertebrae in mammals and humans. II. Communication. The assimilation of the atlas and its phylogenetic significance. In: Zeitschr. f. Anatomy Develop. (Journal of the entire anatomy). Verlag von J. Springer, Berlin 1933, Volume 102, Issue 2-3, pp. 307-334.
• Morphological studies of the cover bones of the vertebrate skull. I. Communication. Skull of the Stegocephalic. In: Acta Zoologica . Albert Bonniers forlag, Stockholm 1935, Arg. 16, detention. 1-2, pp. 65-141.
• Dvinosaurus as a neotenic form of the Stegocephalen. In: Acta Zoologica. A. Bonniers forlag, Stockholm 1938, Arg. 19, detention. 1-2, pp. 209-295.
• Tooth structure of the labyrinthodont. In: Acta Zoologica. A. Bonniers forlag, Stockholm 1938, Arg. 19, detention. 3, pp. 387-425.
• Blood vessel system of the labyrinthodonts (vessels of the head). In: Acta Zoologica. A. Bonniers forlag, Stockholm 1939, Arg. 20, detention. 1, pp. 125-155.
• Tooth structure of the Crossopterygians. In: Acta Zoologica. A. Bonniers forlag, Stockholm 1939, Arg. 20, detention. 2-3, pp. 283-338.
• Cover bones and teeth of the Osteolepis and Dipterus. In: Acta Zoologica. Stockholm, A. Bonniers forlag, 1942, Arg. 23, detention. 1-3, pp. 263-289.

In English

• Kotlassia great. Amalitzky. In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Washington 1944, v.55, N5, pp. 379-416.
• Hydrophilous and Xerophilous Labyrinthodonts. In: Acta Zoologica. Stockholm, A. Bonniers forlag, 1947, v.28, N1, pp. 137-164.
• The microstructure of dermal bones in Arthrodires. In: Acta Zoologica. Stockholm, A. Bonniers forlag, 1957, v.38, N2-3, pp. 239-275.
• The microstructure of skeleton elements in some vertebrates from lower Devonian deposits of the USSR. In: Acta Zoologica. Stockholm, A. Bonniers boktryckeri, 1959, v.40, N1, pp. 59-83.

literature

• EC Olson: The other side of the medal: a paleobiologist reflects on the art and serendipity of science. ( Memento of April 18, 2007 on the Internet Archive ) The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia 1990.
• BS Sokolov: Professor Aleksei Petrovich Bystrow: Recollections. In: Paleontological Journal. 2002, V.36, N.2, pp. 224-229.