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'''Otto A. Zdansky''' (1894 - 1988) was an [[Austria]]n [[paleontologist]]. |
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{{short description|Austrian paleontologist}} |
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'''Otto Karl Josef Zdansky'''<ref name=gedenkbuch>Katharina Kniefacz |
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[http://gedenkbuch.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=435&no_cache=1&L=2&person_single_id=40777&person_name=&person_geburtstag_tag=not_selected&person_geburtstag_monat=not_selected&person_geburtstag_jahr=not_selected&person_fakultaet=not_selected&person_kategorie=not_selected&person_volltextsuche=&search_person.x=1&result_page=148 Otto Karl Josef Zdansky] // Memorial Book of National Socialism at the University of Vienna</ref> (28 November 1894, [[Vienna]] – 26 December 1988, [[Uppsala]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[paleontologist]]. |
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== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | He is best known for his work in [[China]], where he, as an assistant to [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]], discovered a fossil tooth of the [[Peking Man]] in 1921 at the [[Dragon Bone Hill]], although he did not disclose it until 1926 <ref>{{cite web |
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He graduated from the Philosophical School at the [[University of Vienna]] in Paleontology on 21 March 1921, with the academic degree 'Dr. phil.' (dissertation: 'Über die Temporalregion des Schildkrötenschädels').<ref name=gedenkbuch/> |
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| title = Morgan Lucas}}{{dead link|date=December 2013}}</ref> when he published it in ''Nature'' after an analysis by [[Davidson Black]]. |
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| ⚫ | He is best known for his work in [[China]], where he, as an assistant to [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]], discovered a fossil tooth of the [[Peking Man]] in 1921 at the [[Dragon Bone Hill]], although he did not disclose it until 1926 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.rcn.com/granger.nh.ultranet/bulletin/MorganLucas3.pdf |title=Morgan Lucas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504230843/http://users.rcn.com/granger.nh.ultranet/bulletin/MorganLucas3.pdf |archive-date=May 4, 2006 }}</ref> when he published it in ''Nature'' after an analysis by [[Davidson Black]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/11440224|title=L' Homme de Pékin: Otto Zdansky - Etude de l'usure des dents|last1=Puech|first1=Pierre-François}}</ref> |
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He is also famous for his excavations of [[mammal]] fossils in Baode County area (Pao Te Hsien), [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://palaeo-electronica.org/2005_1/jokela3/intro.htm | title = Hipparion Clay}}</ref> |
He is also famous for his excavations of [[mammal]] fossils in [[Baode County]] area (Pao Te Hsien), [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://palaeo-electronica.org/2005_1/jokela3/intro.htm | title = Hipparion Clay}}</ref> Zdansky in 1923 excavated the [[sauropod]] [[dinosaur]] ''[[Euhelopus]] zdanskyi'' named after him. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite journal|author=Jokela, T. |author2=Eronen, J. T. |author3=Kaakinen, A. |author4=Liping, L. |author5=Passey, B. H. |author6=Zhaoqun, Z. |author7=Mingkai, F. |year=2005|title=Translation of Otto Zdansky's "The Localities of the Hipparion Fauna of Baode County in Northwest Shanxi"(1923)|journal= Palaeontologia Electronica|volume= 8|issue=1|url=http://www.uv.es/pardomv/pe/2005_1/jokela3/jokela3.pdf}} |
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| NAME = Zdansky, Otto |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Austrian paleontologist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1894 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1984 |
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Latest revision as of 11:40, 20 October 2024
Otto Karl Josef Zdansky[1] (28 November 1894, Vienna – 26 December 1988, Uppsala) was an Austrian paleontologist.
Biography
[edit]He graduated from the Philosophical School at the University of Vienna in Paleontology on 21 March 1921, with the academic degree 'Dr. phil.' (dissertation: 'Über die Temporalregion des Schildkrötenschädels').[1]
He is best known for his work in China, where he, as an assistant to Johan Gunnar Andersson, discovered a fossil tooth of the Peking Man in 1921 at the Dragon Bone Hill, although he did not disclose it until 1926 [2] when he published it in Nature after an analysis by Davidson Black.[3] He is also famous for his excavations of mammal fossils in Baode County area (Pao Te Hsien), Shanxi Province.[4] Zdansky in 1923 excavated the sauropod dinosaur Euhelopus zdanskyi named after him.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Katharina Kniefacz Otto Karl Josef Zdansky // Memorial Book of National Socialism at the University of Vienna
- ^ "Morgan Lucas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2006.
- ^ Puech, Pierre-François. "L' Homme de Pékin: Otto Zdansky - Etude de l'usure des dents".
- ^ "Hipparion Clay".
Further reading
[edit]- Jokela, T.; Eronen, J. T.; Kaakinen, A.; Liping, L.; Passey, B. H.; Zhaoqun, Z.; Mingkai, F. (2005). "Translation of Otto Zdansky's "The Localities of the Hipparion Fauna of Baode County in Northwest Shanxi"(1923)" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. 8 (1).
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