Werner Kugler (fossil collector)

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Werner Kugler (born September 21, 1942 in Crailsheim ; † March 19, 2018 there ) was a German fossil collector .

Life

Kugler was a full-time heating and plumbing fitter, came from Crailsheim and began collecting in the area around Muschelkalk and Lettenkeuper in the 1970s , initially sea lilies from the trochitic limestone and pebbles from the Keuper .

In 1985 he found a large nothosaur from the Lettenkeuper (Grenzbonebed Muschelkalk-Lettenkeuper) in a quarry in Eschenau (Vellberg) and later other reptiles and armored lurks such as mastodonsaurs and plagiosaurs . That is why he was called Germany's dinosaur king by Focus back in 1993 .

In 1999 he was awarded the Friedrich von Alberti Award , for his contribution to the recovery, preservation and conservation of the dinosaurs of the Lettenkeuper of Vellberg-Eschenau and his long-time active commitment as a fossil collector for the study of Triassic vertebrate finds from the Wuerttemberg Franconia.

In 2010 the tank by Callistomordax kugleri was named after him, just like Metoposaurus kugleri and Batrachotomus kugleri.

In 2011 he donated his valuable collection to the Alberti Foundation. It can be viewed in the Hagdorn Muschelkalkmuseum . His most important finds, which fall to the state according to the laws of Baden-Württemberg, are in the holdings of the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart .

He received in 2002 by Erwin Teufel , the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg . Werner Kugler died on March 19, 2018 after a serious illness. His grave is in the main cemetery in Crailsheim .

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References and comments

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Hohenloher Tagblatt. In: Südwest Presse . Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Frank Gerbert, Teutonic Park: Dino fever in the quarry: Hobby collectors and predatory graves hunt the German dinosaurs, Focus, September 20, 1993
  3. ^ Laudation, Friedrich von Alberti Prize
personal data
SURNAME Kugler, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fossil collector
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Crailsheim
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2018
Place of death Crailsheim