Hermann Kunisch (paleontologist)

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Hermann Kunisch (born January 9, 1856 in Neisse ; † May 8, 1893 in Breslau ) was a German geologist and paleontologist.

Kunisch studied in Breslau, where he received his doctorate in botany in 1880 (on the deadly influence of low temperatures on plants). After that he was a teacher, where he was an assistant at the Mineralogical Museum of the University in Breslau until 1883. In 1882 he completed his habilitation. He was a teacher at schools in Breslau (including the Catholic secondary school). He was a member of various Breslau societies, including the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture from 1883 .

He published mainly on the Muschelkalk Silesia and its fossils. Some first descriptions come from him, including the plant Voltzia krappitzensis (1886) and the fish Colobodus gogolinensis (1885, as Dactylolepis Gogolinensis ). C. Wachsmuth and F. Springer named the Triassic sea lily Dadocrinus kunischi in his honor .

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  • About the adult state of Encrinus gracilis BOOK. Journal of the German Geological Society, 35, 1883, pp. 195–198, Plate VIII, Berlin
  • About the lower jaw of Mastodonsaurus Silesiacus n. Sp. Journal of the German Geological Society, 37, 1885, pp. 528-533
  • Dactylolepis gogolinensis nov. gen. nov. spec. Journal of the German Geological Society, 37, 1885, pp. 588–594, panel XXIV
  • Voltzia Krappitzensis nov. spec. from the shell limestone of Upper Silesia. Journal of the German Geological Society, 38, 1886, pp. 894–898
  • About a dinosaur plate from the Upper Silesian Muschelkalke, Journal of the German Geological Society, 40, 1888, pp. 671–693, panel XXIX - XXX
  • Labyrinthodont remains of the Upper Silesian Muschelkalk. Journal of the German Geological Society, 42, 1890, pp. 377–693, panel XX
  • On the first plant of the Silesian shell limestone, annual report of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture 64, 1887 BHL
  • Results of the paleontological research on Upper Silesian shell limestone, annual report of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture 66–67, 1888/89
  • About new contributions to the paleontological knowledge of Upper Silesian Muschelkalk, annual report of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture 70, 1892
  • The underground of Breslau, Breslau 1892

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Personal data sheet
  2. ↑ Fossil Works
  3. ↑ Wachsmuth, Springer, Revision of the Palaeocrinoidea, Pt. III, Sec. 2. Discussion of the classification and relations of the brachiate crinoids, and conclusion of the generic descriptions, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1886, p. 64-226
personal data
SURNAME Kunisch, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist, botanist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1893
Place of death Wroclaw