August Heinrich (fossil collector)
August Heinrich (born February 4, 1859 in Graz , † April 23, 1926 in Bischofshofen ) was an Austrian doctor and fossil collector .
Henry received his doctorate in 1883 at the University of Graz Dr. med. He worked as a doctor in Bischofshofen. Heinrich collected fossils in the Alpine Upper Triassic , especially in the Hallstatt Limestone . Today his collection is in the Natural History Museum Vienna .
Publications
- Preliminary information on a cephalopod fauna from the Hallstatt limestone of the Feuerkogel on the Röthelstein near Aussee, which has the character of an intermediate and transitional fauna of the Carnic and Noric stages . In: Negotiations of the Imperial Geological Institute 1909, pp. 337–347 online (PDF; 742 kB)
- Investigations into the microfauna of the Hallstatt limestone . In: Negotiations of the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute 1913, pp. 225–234 online (PDF; 683 kB)
- Brief notification of the evidence of the subbullatus zone on the Feuerkogel of the Röthelstein near Aussee . In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologische Gesellschaft 8, 1915, pp. 246–247 online (PDF; 40 kB)
literature
- Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 47 online (PDF; 352 kB)
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SURNAME | Heinrich, August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor and paleontologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1859 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1926 |
Place of death | Bischofshofen |