Otto Heinrich Walliser
Otto Heinrich Walliser (born March 3, 1928 in Krettenbach , today part of the Fichtenau community ; † December 30, 2010 in Göttingen ) was a German paleontologist who taught at the University of Göttingen from 1965 to 1993 .
Life
After graduating from high school in Tübingen , which Walliser was able to take in 1948 after participating in the war and imprisonment, he studied geology and paleontology in Tübingen. In 1954 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the biostratigraphy of Lower Jurassic ammonites in southern Germany. He then took up a position as a university assistant at the University of Marburg and dealt with the geology of the Rhenish Slate Mountains . The habilitation on Devonian goniatites took place in 1961. In 1965 he was appointed to the chair for historical geology and paleontology at the University of Göttingen. He held this chair until his retirement in 1993.
Scientific work
The focus of Walliser's scientific work is on investigations into fossils and microfossils from the Paleozoic Era . His treatment of the Silurian conodonts , published in 1964 , received international recognition. In later years he devoted himself particularly to the importance of faun cuts for the tribal history of certain animal groups.
Memberships in scientific organizations
- Academy of Sciences in Göttingen since 1982
- Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1988
- Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow since 1993
- Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw since 1994
- Chairman of the Paleontological Society 1974–1976
Honors
Valaiser's work was recognized by colleagues naming various taxa , including the conodonts
- Lonchodina walliseri Ziegler 1960
- Ancyrognathus walliseri Wittekind 1965
- Walliserodus Separgli 1967
a problematic from the Cambrian
- Rhombocorniculum walliseri Mambetov 1977
the sub-carbonic coral
- Pentaphyllum walliseri Weyer 1993
and the trilobite
- Walliserops Morzadec 2001.
In 2009 he became an honorary member of the Paleontological Society.
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- Hans-Peter Schulze: Honorary membership for Otto Heinrich Walliser . Gmit No. 39 (PDF file; 1.98 MB), pp. 68–70, March 2010, ISSN 1616-3931
- Obituary by Helga Uffenorde in the magazine Gmit No. 43, pp 71-74 (PDF file; 3.16 MB), March 2011, ISSN 1616-3931
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Heinrich Walliser in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walliser, Otto Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleontologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krettenbach , Crailsheim district |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2010 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |