Adolf von Koenen (21 March 1837, Potsdam – 5 May 1915, Göttingen) was a German geologist best remembered for his paleontological research of northern Germany.
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He received his education in Berlin, and following study trips through Belgium, England and France, he obtained his habilitation at the University of Marburg in 1867. In 1878 he became a full professor at Marburg, then relocated to the University of Göttingen in 1881 as a professor of geology.[1] At Göttingen one of his better known students was mineralogist Friedrich Rinne.
His name is associated with koenenite, a mineral that he discovered,[2] and Ctenosauriscus koeneni, a sail-backed reptile from the Early Triassic.[3]
Selected works
edit- Ueber eine Paleocäne Fauna von Kopenhagen, 1885 – On the Paleocene fauna of Copenhagen.
- Das norddeutsche Unter-Oligocän und seine mollusken Fauna, 1889 – On the north German Lower Oligocene and its mollusks.
- Die Ammonitiden des norddeutschen Neocom (Valanginien, Hautierivien, Barrêmien und Aptien), 1902 – Ammonitida of the north German Neocomian (Valanginian, Hauterivian, Barremian and Aptian).
- Ueber die untere kreide Helgolands und ihre ammonitiden, 1904 – On the lower Cretaceous of Helgoland and its ammonites.
- Die Polyptychites-Arten des Unteren Valanginien, 1909 – Polyptychites-types of the Lower Valanginian
- De Platylenticeras-Arten des Untersten Valanginien Nordwest-Deutschlands, 1915 – Platylenticeras-types of the Lower Valanginian of northwestern Germany.[4]
References
edit- ^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: Eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen ..., Volume 9 edited by Hermann Julius Meyer
- ^ Web Mineral Koenenite Mineral Data
- ^ pone-0025693-g001 The Sail-Backed Reptile Ctenosauriscus.
- ^ OCLC Classify published works