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Klaus J. Müller
Klaus Jürgen Müller (born 6 February 1923 in Berlin, died 12 March 2010 in Bonn) was a German paleontologist, most famous for the discovery of Orsten-type preservation. In 1956, he described the Devonian conodont genus ''Palmatolepis''. In 1959, he described the Cambrian conodont genera '' Furnishina'', ''Hertzina'' and '' Westergaardodina'', and the conodont family Westergaardodinidae. In 1962, he described the conodont order Paraconodontida. Awards and tributes In 2003, he was awarded the Pander medal 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 Geol ..., an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology. The conodont genus name '' Muellerilepis'' Bardashev & Bardasheva (2013) is a tribute to K.J.Müller. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsten
The Orsten fauna are fossilized organisms preserved in the Orsten lagerstätte of Cambrian (Late Miaolingian to Furongian) rocks, notably at Kinnekulle and on the island of Öland, all in Sweden. The initial site, discovered in 1975 by Klaus Müller and his assistants, exceptionally preserves soft-bodied organisms, and their larvae, who are preserved uncompacted in three dimensions. The fossils are phosphatized and silicified, thus the delicate chitinous cuticle and soft parts are not affected by acids, which act upon the limestone nodules within which the fossils have survived. Acids dissolve the limestone, revealing the microfossils in a recovery process called "acid etching". To recover the fossils, more than one and a half tons of Orsten limestone have been dissolved in acid, originally in a specifically designed laboratory in Bonn, more recently moved to Ulm. The insoluble residue is scanned by electron microscope. The phosphorus used to replace the fossils with calcium p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraconodontida
Paraconodonts (Paraconodontida) are an extinct order of probable chordates, closely related or ancestral to euconodonts (true conodonts Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the Class (biology), class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning "cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known ...). The order contains the superfamily Furnishinacea'','' itself containing the families Westergaardodinidae and Furnishinidae.'''' Paraconodonts were introduced into the scientific literature by Klaus Müller, who sought out the Cambrian ancestors of conodonts through the 1950s and 1960s and proclaimed success upon the discovery of paraconodont fossils. Like early true conodonts, paraconodont elements were phosphatic fossils which generally had a horn- or tooth-like shape, and some were serrated with multiple cusps. '' Westergaardodina'' acquired an even more unusual W- or horseshoe-shaped for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Births
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German Paleontologists
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Conodont Specialists
Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Greek κῶνος (''kōnos''), meaning "cone", and ὀδούς (''odoús''), meaning "tooth"). They are primarily known from their hard, mineralised tooth-like structures called "conodont elements" that in life were present in the oral cavity and used to process food. Rare soft tissue remains suggest that they had elongate eel-like bodies with large eyes. Conodonts were a long-lasting group with over 300 million years of existence from the Cambrian (over 500 million years ago) to the beginning of the Jurassic (around 200 million years ago). Conodont elements are highly distinctive to particular species and are widely used in biostratigraphy as indicative of particular periods of geological time. Discovery and understanding of conodonts The teeth-like fossils of the conodont were first discovered by Heinz Christian Pander and the results published in Saint Petersburg, Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klausmuelleria
''Klausmuelleria'' is an extinct genus of Cambrian phosphatocopines from the Comley Limestone of the United Kingdom. The genus contains a single species, ''Klausmuelleria salopensis''. Description ''Klausmuelleria'' is roughly 340 micrometers long, with two specimens known. The head shield is univalve with a gape of 80°, alongside convex halves. The antennulae are small, with only a singular seta preserved. The second antennae are larger, with gnathobases, a large first podomere, a long endite on the endopod, alongside annuli with setae. The mandible and first maxilla are both similar, although increasingly smaller, with slight differences in the structure of the spines. The first maxilla's exopod is somewhat different with the spines starting further up the structure than the mandible. The labrum is triangular with curved sides, with the possible position of eyes and the mouth obscured by matrix. The sternum is initially similar in width to the labrum, before curving and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerilepis
''Muellerilepis'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. The name is a tribute to German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923-2010). It is a replacement generic name for '' Muellerina'' Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012. which is preoccupied.Muellerilepis, a new replacement generic name for Muellerina Bardashev et Bardasheva, 2012 (Conodonta). I. A. Bardashev; N. P. Bardasheva, Paleontological Journal, 2013, volume 47, issue 5, pages 554, ''Muellerina idrisovi'' is from the Middle Devonian (Givetian The Givetian is one of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Period. It lasted from million years ago to million years ago. It was preceded by the Eifelian Stage and followed by the Frasnian Stage. It is named after the town of Givet in ...) of Tajikistan. References External links Conodont genera Devonian conodonts Middle Devonian animals {{conodont-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Geological Society of America, at European Conodont Symposia (ECOS for short), and elsewhere, any meeting of three or more "Panderers" is considered an official meeting of the "Pander Society". The society is headed by the Chief Panderer, currently Maria Cristina Perri of the Università di Bologna. The society confers two awards, the Pander Medal for a lifetime of achievement in conodont palaeontology, and the Hinde Medal for an outstanding contribution to conodont palaeontology by a young Panderer. Heinz Christian Pander (1794–1865) is credited as the first scientist to describe primitive creatures known as conodonts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treatise On Invertebrate Paleontology
The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authored work of currently 55 volumes, written by more than 300 paleontologists, and covering every phylum, class, order, family, and genus of fossil and extant (still living) invertebrate animals. The prehistoric invertebrates are described as to their taxonomy, morphology, paleoecology, stratigraphic and paleogeographic range. However, taxa with no fossil record whatsoever have just a very brief listing. Publication of the decades-long ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' is a work-in-progress; and therefore it is not yet complete: For example, there is no volume yet published regarding the post- Paleozoic era caenogastropods (a molluscan group including the whelk and periwinkle). Furthermore, when needed, previously published vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In Paleontology
Paleozoology Conodont paleozoology German paleontologist Klaus J. Müller (1923–2010) described the conodont order Paraconodontida.Supplement to systematics of conodonts. KJ Müller and RC Moore, in Treatise on invertebrate paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ..., Part W: Miscellanea : Conodonts Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problema, 1962 - Geological Society of America Vertebrates Dinosaurs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Birds Newly named birds References {{portal, Paleontology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Paleontology ...
Plants Pinophytes Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. References {{portal, Paleontology 1950s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westergaardodinidae
Westergaardodinidae is an extinct family of conodonts in the order Paraconodontida Paraconodonts (Paraconodontida) are an extinct order of probable chordates, closely related or ancestral to euconodonts (true conodonts Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the Class (biology), class Con .... It consists of the genus '' Westergaardodina''. References External links * Paraconodontida Conodont families {{conodont-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
