Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer
Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer | |
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Frankfurt am Main | |
| Died | 2 April 1869 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Palaentologist |
| Awards | Wollaston Medal (1858) |
Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (3 September 1801 – 2 April 1869), known as Hermann von Meyer, was a German
Wollaston medal by the Geological Society of London.[1]
Life
He was born at
prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus
.
In Palaeologica, Meyer proposed a classification of fossil reptiles into four major groups based on their limbs:
- Saurians with Toes Similar to those of Living Species (e.g.Teleosaurus, Protorosaurus, Streptospondylus)
- Saurians with Limbs Similar to Heavy Land Mammals (Iguanodon, Megalosaurus)
- Saurians with Limbs for Swimming (e.g. Plesiosaurus, Mosasaurus)
- Saurians with Flying Limbs (Pterodactylus)
His second group he belatedly termed Pachypodes in 1845, later revising to Pachypoda, from the
Dinosauria, coined a few years earlier by Richard Owen
.
His more elaborate researches were those on the
amphibia and reptiles, and the reptiles of the Lithographic slates; and the results were embodied in his great work Zur Fauna der Vorwelt (1845–1860), profusely illustrated with plates drawn on stone by the author.[1]
He was associated with W Dunker and
Wollaston medal by the Geological Society of London in 1858.[1] Two years later, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[3]
Today, Meyer is probably best known for describing and naming the
prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti from Central Europe.[citation needed
]
See also
Sources
- Meyer, H. von (1837): [Mitteilung an Prof. Bronn] (Plateosaurus engelhardti). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 316 [Article in German].
- Creisler, B (1995): "Pondering the Pachypoda: Von Meyer and the Dinosaur" The Dinosaur Report Winter 1995, pp. 10–11.
References
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Meyer, H. von (1861). "Archaeopterix lithographica (Vogel-Feder) und Pterodactylus von Solenhofen" [Archaeopterix lithographica (bird feather) and Pterodactylus from Solenhofen]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde (in German): 678–679. ; see also plate V. On p. 679, Meyer named Archaeopteryx: "Zur Bezeichnung des Thieres halte ich die Benennung Archaeopteryx lithographica geeignet." (For the designation of this animal, I deem appropriate the appelation Archaeopteryx lithographica.)
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Meyer, Christian Erich Hermann von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 348.
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