Heinrich Kirchner (paleontologist)

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Heinrich Kirchner (born December 31, 1885 in Würzburg , † September 15, 1953 ) was a German paleontologist and geologist .

Kirchner received his doctorate in 1913 in Würzburg and completed his habilitation in 1923, after which he was a private lecturer and, from 1930, an associate professor in Würzburg.

He dealt in particular with the fossils of the Triassic in Franconia, especially in the area around Würzburg.

Fonts

  • Limulus Sandbergeri n. Sp. from the Franconian upper red sandstone (flat sandstone). In: Cbl. Mineral. Geol. Paläont., 1923, Stuttgart 1923, pp. 634-639
  • The fossils of the Würzburg Triassic. Part I: Foraminifera and Echinoderms, 50 p., 2nd plate, printed by Carl Grüninger Nachf. Ernst Klett, Würzburg 1924
  • About the animal tracks in the upper Buntsandstein Franconia. In: Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, 9, Berlin 1927, pp. 112–121
  • Petrified animal tracks with special consideration of the so-called chirotherium tracks in the red sandstone of Lower Franconia. In: Fränkische Heimat, Jan. 27, 1927, Nuremberg, pp. 1–7
  • The most important fossils of Franconia from the red sandstone, shell limestone and keuper. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1928
  • The fossils of the Würzburg Triassic. Brachiopoda. In: N. Jb. Mineral. Geol. Paleont., Beil.-Bd. 71, Abt. B, 1933, pp. 88-138, plate II

References and comments

  1. ↑ Brief biography in Bruno Freyberg: The geological literature on Northeast Bavaria (1476–1965) Part II: Biographical Author Register, Geologica Bavarica 71, Bavarian Geological State Office 1974
personal data
SURNAME Kirchner, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1953