Catholic geologist. Born 1841; died 1906. Made noted investigations on the fossilization of the German Jura and of the evolution of certain fossils, in which connection he was the first to apply the theory of transformism to Paleontology.
Catholic geologist. Born 1841; died 1906. Made noted investigations on the fossilization of the German Jura and of the evolution of certain fossils, in which connection he was the first to apply the theory of transformism to Paleontology.
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