Ralph Willard Imlay
Ralph Willard Imlay (* 1908 ; † 1989 ) was an American geologist and paleontologist . He was an expert on Invertebrate Paleontology of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous North America and Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian).
Imlay received his doctorate in 1933 at the University of Michigan and was from 1940 as a geologist with the US Geological Survey , where he stayed until his retirement and carried out extensive field studies in the western United States, Alaska and Mexico and for the survey fossils (especially ammonites ) the Jura collected. In 1967, until his death, he also conducted research at the National Museum of Natural History.
In 1964 he was President of the Paleontological Society .
Fonts
- Jurassic paleobiogeography of the conterminous United States in its continental setting, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1062, Washington DC 1977
literature
- . Jurassic-Cretaceous biochronology and paleography of North America: the proceedings of a symposium held in honor of Ralph W. Imlay and George W. Jeletzky at the 3rd North American Paleontological convention in Montreal, Quebec, August 6th, 1982, Geological Association of Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland 1984
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Imlay, Ralph Willard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |