Gerhard Hahn (paleontologist)
Gerhard Hahn (born January 28, 1933 in Berlin ) is a German paleontologist.
Hahn grew up as the son of a car mechanic in East Berlin, fled to West Berlin in 1960 and studied paleontology, zoology, botany and genetics at the TU Berlin , which he completed with a doctorate. In 1973 he became professor for paleontology at the University of Marburg .
Hahn is an expert on trilobites (especially carbon), which he researched in terms of evolution, systematics and paleoecology.
He was editor of Geologica et Paleontologica. Since 1988 he has been a corresponding member of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society. He was a member of the Zoological Nomenclature Commission for 14 years.
His wife Renate Hahn is also a paleontologist, with whom he published a lot.
Fonts
- with Renate Hahn: The trilobites of the Upper Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian, index fossils No. 1, Borntraeger 1975
A number of volumes on trilobites in the Fossilium Catalogus Animalia come from him.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |