Erwin Jörg
Erwin Jörg (born January 10, 1917 in Frickingen , † February 11, 1977 in Waldkirch ) was a German geologist and paleontologist .
From 1936 Jörg studied geology and palaeontology at the Universities of Göttingen and Freiburg. He received his doctorate in 1941 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (The clay marl layers of the main mussel limestone in the Breisgau and in the area of the Dinkelberge, their fauna and their stratigraphic significance). From 1940 he was a military geologist and was released in 1948 from American and French captivity . In October 1948 he became a research assistant at the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the University of Freiburg and in 1953 he became the curator of the State Collection for Natural History ( State Museum for Natural History Karlsruhe ). In 1958 he was permanently employed, in 1959 he became chief curator and in 1970 he became the chief director of the state collections for natural history.
He dealt particularly with stratigraphy and fossils of the tertiary , for example at the Kaiserstuhl or in the former freshwater lake of the tertiary of Öhningen and the tertiary molasse in the Alpine foothills . He was also involved in the excavation campaigns at Höwenegg (partly like in Öhningen under the direction of Max Pfannenstiel ), where, among other things, skeletons of the original horse Hipparion were found. Most recently, he dealt with fossil fish from the upper red sandstone of Karlsruhe - Durlach . He made three first descriptions of fish from the red sandstone: Pericentrophorus minimus Jörg, 1969, Dipteronotus aculeatus (Jörg, 1969) and Dorsolepis virgatus Jörg, 1969.
For many years he was on the board of the German Museum Association and in 1970 he became chairman of the Natural Science Association in Karlsruhe.
He also worked with Heinz Tobien on the excavations in Höwenegg .
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- ↑ Published in the annual reports and communications of the Upper Rhine Geological Association, Volume 30, 1941, pp. 1–41
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jörg, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frickingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1977 |
| Place of death | Waldkirch |