Anton Schrammen

Anton Schrammen (born July 12, 1869 in Rheinbach , † April 6, 1953 in Hildesheim ) was a German palaeontologist and dentist in Hildesheim. He was an expert on fossil sponges and cephalopods.

In 1911 he received his doctorate in Tübingen with a thesis on Cretaceous sponges (results of my work on the Cretan sponges of north-west Germany). He collected them mainly in Höver and described over 200 new species. Schrammen established the Lychniskida order .

He also worked on ceratites of the German shell limestone and created many new genera, which were taken over by Leonard Spath and later classified as sub-genera by Rolf Wenger. Newer tendencies aim at a further reduction ( Max Urlichs , Siegfried Rein ).

In 1912 he became a member of the Paleontological Society in the founding year. Parts of his collection are in the Roemer Museum in Hildesheim (in whose publications he published a lot) and in museums worldwide (American Museum of Natural History, University of Göttingen).

Fonts

The solution to the ceratite problem. Journal of the German Geological Society. 80, 1928, pp. 26-42.
Contribution to the knowledge of the notosaurids of the lower shell limestone in Upper Silesia. Journal of the German Geological Society, 51, 1899, pp. 388–408, panel XXI – XXVI
The pebble sponges of the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Germany. Part I: Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis. Part II: Triaxonia (Hexactinellida). Palaeontographica Supplement V, 1910/1912, pp. 1-175; 176-385, III. Part: With contributions to tribal history. Monographs on geology and palaeontology, Series I, Book 2, Borntraeger 1924, pp. 1–159
To the revision of the Jurassic pongies of southern Germany. Annual reports and communications from the Upper Rhine Geological Association. 1924: 125-154.
Results of a new treatment of the Germanic Ceratites. Jb. Pr.Geol.LA., 54, 1933, pp. 422-438
Porifera (paleontology). In: Concise dictionary of the natural sciences. 8, 1933, pp. 44-50.
The pebble sponges of the Upper Jura of southern Germany. Palaeontographica, A 84, 1936, pp. 149-194

Web links

Biography, english

References and comments

↑ Brief biography in Bruno Freyberg: The geological literature about Northeast Bavaria (1476–1965) Part II: Biographical authors' register. Geologica Bavarica 71, Bavarian State Geological Office 1974
↑ Wenger: The Germanic Ceratites. Palaeontographica, A108, 1957, pp. 57-129. Corresponds largely to the dissertation in Tübingen 1956. Soon afterwards (1959) it appears in the list of members of the Paleontological Society in French West Africa ( Port Gentil in Gabon ). He came from Oberkirchberg , Ulm district.

personal data
SURNAME	Scratches, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German palaeontologist and dentist in Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rheinbach
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1953
Place of death	Hildesheim

[1] Brief biography in Bruno Freyberg: The geological literature about Northeast Bavaria (1476–1965) Part II: Biographical authors' register. Geologica Bavarica 71, Bavarian State Geological Office 1974

[2] Wenger: The Germanic Ceratites. Palaeontographica, A108, 1957, pp. 57-129. Corresponds largely to the dissertation in Tübingen 1956. Soon afterwards (1959) it appears in the list of members of the Paleontological Society in French West Africa ( Port Gentil in Gabon ). He came from Oberkirchberg , Ulm district.