Stig M. Bergström (born 12 June 1935 in

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) is a Swedish-American paleontologist. In 1981, he described the conodont family Paracordylodontidae. In 1974, he described the multielement conodont genus '' Appalachignathus'' from the Middle Ordovician of North America.

Awards and tributes

He received the Pander Medal by the

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. In 1999, he received the Raymond C. Moore Medal, awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology to persons who have made significant contributions in the field which have promoted the science of stratigraphy by research in paleontology and evolution and the use of fossils for interpretations of paleoecology. In 2011, he received the

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. The rhipidognathid conodont genus '' Bergstroemognathus'' Spergali 1974 has been named in his honour.Ordovician Rhipidognathid Conodonts from Australia and Iran. Yong Y. Zhen, Robert S. Nicoll, Ian G. Percival, Mir Alireza Hamedi and Ian Stewart, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pages 186-207

References

* Stig Bergström and Walter C. Sweet, The generic concept in conodont taxonomy. Proceedings North American Paleontological Convention, 1, 1969, S. 29–42. * Stig Bergström and Walter C. Sweet, Conodont provinces and biofacies of the Late Ordovician, Geological Society of America Special Papers 196, 1984, S. 69–88 * Stig Bergström and Walter C. Sweet, Conodonts and Biostratigraphic Correlation, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14, 1986, S. 85–112

External links

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