Hans Georg Stehlin
Geologist, Academic
1870 – 1941
36 Views
Who was Hans Georg Stehlin?
Hans Georg Stehlin was a Swiss paleontologist and geologist.
He specialized himself on vertebrate paleontology, particularly on the study of Cenozoic mammals. He published numerous papers on primates and ungulates. He was president of the commission of the Natural History Museum of Basel.
In 1910 he coined the term Grande Coupure to refer to the extinction event occurred 33.9 millions of years ago, which defines the Eocene-Oligocene limit. It originated a huge change on the organism and especially on the mammals of Europe.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Hans Georg Stehlin." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/hans_georg_stehlin>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Hans Georg Stehlin biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In