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Melchior Neumayr
1845 – 1890
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMelchior Neumayr was a palaeontologist from Austria-Hungary and the son of Max von Neumayr, a Bavarian Minister of State. He specialized on the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the Alps. Neumayr introduced the concept of the Tethys sea in 1885, calling it the Jurassic seaway. The name "Tethys" was given by his father-in-law Eduard Suess.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 24, 1845
Munich
Date of death
January 29, 1890
Vienna
Citizenship
Cisleithania
Occupations & fields
paleontologistprofessorgeologist
- Field and occupation
- Německý geolog, paleontolog a univerzitní profesor. Publikace z oboru.
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