Friedrich von Huene, born Friedrich Richard von Hoinigen, (March 22, 1875 – April 4, 1969) was a German

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who renamed more

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s in the early 20th century than anyone else in

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. He also made key contributions about various Permo-Carboniferous limbed vertebrates.

Biography

Huene was born in Tübingen,

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. His discoveries include the skeletons of more than 35 individuals of '' Plateosaurus'' in the famous

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quarry, the early proto-dinosaur '' Saltopus'' in 1910, ''

Proceratosaurus ''Proceratosaurus'' is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of England. ''Proceratosaurus'' was a small dinosaur, measuring in length and in body mass.Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2008) ''Dinosaurs: The Most ...

'' in 1926, the giant ''

Antarctosaurus ''Antarctosaurus'' (; meaning "southern lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. The type species, ''Antarctosaurus wichmannianus'', and a second species, ''Antarc ...

'' in 1929, and numerous other dinosaurs and

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ized animals like

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s. He also was the first to naming several higher taxa, including Prosauropoda and Sauropodomorpha. In 1941 he found a stone that had petrified wood in it, sadly, He thought that it was a dinosaur. However a couple Polish paleontologists. The “dinosaur” was called the Succinodon He visited the

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of Paleorrota in 1928, and there collected the '' Prestosuchus chiniquensis'' in 1938. He also studied several Permo-Carboniferous and Triassic limbed vertebrates, including members of several large clades, such as Temnospondyli, Synapsida, and

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a. In his work on mesosaurs, Huene indicated that a lower temporal fenestra was present (as in synapsids), an interpretation later rejected by many subsequent workers, but more recently upheld. A new species of basal sauropodomorph, '' Lufengosaurus huenei'', was named after von Huene in 1941. '' Liassaurus huenei'', an early

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theropod, was named for him in 1995, though this name is invalid.

References

* Westphal, Frank (1972) "Huene, Friedrich von" ''In'' ''

Neue Deutsche Biographie ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cove ...

'' (volume 9 Heß–Hüttig), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, page
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* length: 60 pages; Guide to the fossil finds in Rio Grande do Sul, and especially in the Santa Maria area. * length: 582 pages {{DEFAULTSORT:Huene, Friedrich Von German paleontologists 1875 births 1969 deaths People from Tübingen People from the Kingdom of Württemberg University of Tübingen alumni University of Tübingen faculty

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