Andreas E. Richter

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Andreas E. Richter (born July 18, 1945 in Adorf / Vogtl. ) Is a German fossil collector and author.

Richter moved with the family to Oettingen in Bavaria in 1951 and began collecting fossils at an early age and published in Aufschluss from the late 1960s . His main job was an engineer. From 1979 he devoted himself full-time to collecting fossils and started as a tour guide at Kosmos-Verlag. In addition to the Mesozoic of the Franconian Alb, he collected a lot in southern France, especially ammonites . He lives in Augsburg .

Richter organizes trips for fossil collectors with his wife Gabo Richter (who also worked as an illustrator on the books of Richter), trades in fossils and publishes an online magazine for fossil collectors (Leitfossil). In 1998 he founded his own publishing house, Ammon Rey.

Fonts

  • Handbook of the fossil collector, Kosmos-Franckh, 2nd edition 1991
  • Fossils to collect: 120 fossils in color, Kosmos-Franckh 1980
  • South of France and its fossils, Kosmos-Franckh 1983
  • Ammoniten, Kosmos-Franckh 1982
  • Geofuehrer Frankenjura, Ammon Rey Verlag 2000
  • Geology and paleontology: the Mesozoic of the Franconian Alb, Kosmos-Franckh 1985
  • Gargas, Stratotype des Gargasien, in: Werner K. Weidert, Classical Findings of Paleontology, Volume 2, Goldschneck Verlag 1990
  • Damery, Molluskenfauna des Eocän, in: Werner K. Weidert, Classical Findings of Paleontology, Volume 2, Goldschneck Verlag 1990
  • Jura and chalk from Villers-sur-Mer, in: Werner K. Weidert, Classical Findings of Paleontology, Volume 2, Goldschneck Verlag 1990

In 1995 he published a new edition of Friedrich August Quenstedt , Der Jura, 1858, in Goldschneck Verlag .

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fossil collector
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Adorf / Vogtl.