Hans Georg Stehlin

Hans Georg Stehlin
Born 1870
Died 1941
Residence Switzerland
Nationality Switzerland
Fields Paleontology, Geology
Institutions Museum of Basel
Known for Grande Coupure

Hans Georg Stehlin (1870–1941) 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.[1]

References

  1. H.G. Stehlin (1910). "Remarques sur les faunules de Mammifères des couches eocenes et oligocenes du Bassin de Paris". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4 (9): 488–520.

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