Heinz Walter Kozur (born 26 March 1942 in

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; died 20 December 2013 in

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) was a German

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

and stratigrapher. In 1974, with Mock, he described the conodont genus '' Misikella'', in 1975, with

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, the genus '' Diplognathodus'', in 1977, the genus '' Vjalovognathus'', in 1988, the genus '' Budurovignathus'', in 1989, the genus ''

Mesogondolella ''Mesogondolella'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. The species ''M. daheshenensis'' and ''M. subgracilis'' are from the Permian (probably Wordian) of the Daheshen Formation in China.The age of the Daheshen Formation in Jilin Province based o ...

'', in

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, the genera ''

Clarkina ''Clarkina'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. It is considered to be an offshore, outer shelf or basinal, deep-water taxon. The genus name is a tribute to David Leigh Clark. Synonyms ''Clarkina'' Soodan 1975 is a junior synonym for the preh ...

'' and ''

Chiosella ''Chiosella'' is an extinct conodont genus. The base of the Anisian stage (also the base of the Middle Triassic series and the top of the Olenekian In the geologic timescale, the Olenekian is an age in the Early Triassic epoch; in chronostr ...

'' and in 2003, the genus ''

Carnepigondolella ''Carnepigondolella'' is an extinct genus of conodonts of the Late Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is ...

''. In 2011, with RE Weems, he made additions to the uppermost

Alaunian The Norian is a division of the Triassic Period. It has the rank of an age (geochronology) or stage (chronostratigraphy). It lasted from ~227 to million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian. Stratigraphic d ...

through Rhaetian (Triassic)

conchostracan Clam shrimp are a group of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant and also known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before. They were originally classifi ...

zonation of North America.Additions to the uppermost Alaunian through Rhaetian (Triassic) conchostracan zonation of North America: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science HW Kozur, RE Weems - Bulletin, 2011

References

* Kozur, Heinz & Merrill, G.K. 1975. Genus Diplognathodus. In : Kozur, H. Beiträge zur Conodontenfauna des Perm. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen, Innsbruck, pages 9–10 * Menning, M.; Alekseev, A.S.; Chuvashov, B.I.; Davydov, V.I.; Devuyst, F.-X.; Forke, H.C.; Grunt, T.A.; Hance, L.; Heckel, P.H.; Izokh, N.G.; Jin, Y.-G.; Jones, P.J.; Kotlyar, G.V.; Kozur, H.W.; Nemyrovska, T.I.; Schneider, J.W.; Wang, X.-D.; Weddige, K.; Weyer, D. & Work, D.M.; 2006: Global time scale and regional stratigraphic reference scales of Central and West Europe, East Europe, Tethys, South China, and North America as used in the Devonian–Carboniferous–Permian Correlation Chart 2003 (DCP 2003), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 240(1-2): pp 318–372. * Kozur, Heinz, & Helfried Mostler. 1996. Longobardian (Late Ladinian) Oertlispongidae (Radiolaria) from the Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina icand the Strategraphic Value of Advanced Oertlispongidae. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen (Innsbruck) special volume 4: 105–193, p. 188. * Kozur, Heinz & Krahl, J. (1987). Erster Nachweis von Radiolarien im tethyalen Perm Europas. N. Jb. Geol. Paläontol. Abh., 174, p. 357-372 German paleontologists Conodont specialists Stratigraphy 1942 births 2013 deaths {{paleontologist-stub