Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in

Hungen Hungen () is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south ...

, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a German paleontologist.

Works

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

, he described the conodont genus '' Protognathodus''. In

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, with Charles A. Sandberg, he described the conodont genus '' Alternognathus''. In

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, with IA Bardashev and K Weddige, he described the conodont genus ''

Eolinguipolygnathus ''Eolinguipolygnathus'' is an extinct genus of conodont from the Early Devonian (Emsian The Emsian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 407.6 ± 2.6 million years ago to 393.3 ± 1.2 million years ago. It ...

''.The phylomorphogenesis of some Early Devonian platform conodonts. IA Bardashev, K Weddige and W Ziegler, Senckenbergiana lethaea, December 2002, volume 82, issue 2, pages 375-451,

Ziegler's Catalogue of Conodonts

* Ziegler's Catalogue of

Conodont Conodonts (Greek ''kōnos'', "cone", + ''odont'', "tooth") are an extinct group of agnathan (jawless) vertebrates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which ...

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link to editor website
retrieved 7 May 2016) ** Volume I, 1973 ** Volume II, 1975 ** Volume III, 1977 ** Volume IV, 1981 ** Volume V, 1991

Awards and tributes

In 1998, he received the

Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen Goethe-Plakette (Goethe Plaque) is the highest award by the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts of the federal state of Hesse, Germany, named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It has been awarded since 1949 at irregular intervals. The award ...

, the highest award by the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts in Hesse, Germany. He was also a recipient of the Pander Medal, awarded by the

Pander Society The Pander Society is an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology. It publishes an annual newsletter. Although there are regular meetings of the Pander Society, at the Annual Meeting of the Ge ...

, for researches in conodonts paleontology. The conodont genus name ''

Zieglerodina ''Zieglerodina'' is an extinct conodont genus in the family Spathognathodontidae. The generic name is a tribute to Willi Ziegler Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in Hungen, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a ...

'' and the conodont species name ''

Lochriea ziegleri ''Lochriea'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. Use in stratigraphy The Visean, the second age of the Mississippian, contains four conodont biozones, two of which are named after ''Lochriea'' species: * the zone of ''Lochriea nodosa'' * the ...

'' are tributes to W. Ziegler.

References

* Willi Ziegler 13. März 1929 – 8. August 2002. Karsten Weddige, Paläontologische Zeitschrift, April 2003, Volume 77, Issue 1, pages 1–21, (article in German) German paleontologists Conodont specialists 1929 births 2002 deaths 20th-century German zoologists {{Germany-scientist-stub