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'''Otto A. Zdansky''' (28 November 1894 – 26 December 1988) was an [[Austria]]n [[paleontologist]]. |
'''Otto A. Zdansky''' (28 November 1894 – 26 December 1988) was an [[Austria]]n [[paleontologist]]. |
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He is best known for his work in [[China]], where he, as an assistant to [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]], discovered a fossil tooth of the [[Peking Man]] in 1921 at the [[Dragon Bone Hill]], although he did not disclose it until 1926 <ref>{{cite web | |
He is best known for his work in [[China]], where he, as an assistant to [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]], discovered a fossil tooth of the [[Peking Man]] in 1921 at the [[Dragon Bone Hill]], although he did not disclose it until 1926 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.rcn.com/granger.nh.ultranet/bulletin/MorganLucas3.pdf |title=Morgan Lucas |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20060504230843/http://users.rcn.com:80/granger.nh.ultranet/bulletin/MorganLucas3.pdf |archivedate=May 4, 2006 }}</ref> when he published it in ''Nature'' after an analysis by [[Davidson Black]].[https://www.academia.edu/11440224/L_Homme_de_P%C3%A9kin_Otto_Zdansky_-_Etude_de_lusure_des_dents%20 The human teeth attributed to Homo erectus, called sinanthropus pekinensis, discovered by Otto Zdansky are two premolars and a superior wisdom tooth.<ref>L’ Homme de Pékin : Otto Zdansky - Etude de l'usure des dents </ref>] |
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| title = Morgan Lucas}}{{dead link|date=December 2013}}</ref> when he published it in ''Nature'' after an analysis by [[Davidson Black]].[https://www.academia.edu/11440224/L_Homme_de_P%C3%A9kin_Otto_Zdansky_-_Etude_de_lusure_des_dents%20 The human teeth attributed to Homo erectus, called sinanthropus pekinensis, discovered by Otto Zdansky are two premolars and a superior wisdom tooth.<ref>L’ Homme de Pékin : Otto Zdansky - Etude de l'usure des dents </ref>] |
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He is also famous for his excavations of [[mammal]] fossils in Baode County area (Pao Te Hsien), [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://palaeo-electronica.org/2005_1/jokela3/intro.htm | title = Hipparion Clay}}</ref> |
He is also famous for his excavations of [[mammal]] fossils in Baode County area (Pao Te Hsien), [[Shanxi|Shanxi Province]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://palaeo-electronica.org/2005_1/jokela3/intro.htm | title = Hipparion Clay}}</ref> |
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Otto A. Zdansky (28 November 1894 – 26 December 1988) was an Austrian paleontologist.
He is best known for his work in China, where he, as an assistant to Johan Gunnar Andersson, discovered a fossil tooth of the Peking Man in 1921 at the Dragon Bone Hill, although he did not disclose it until 1926 [1] when he published it in Nature after an analysis by Davidson Black.The human teeth attributed to Homo erectus, called sinanthropus pekinensis, discovered by Otto Zdansky are two premolars and a superior wisdom tooth.[2]
He is also famous for his excavations of mammal fossils in Baode County area (Pao Te Hsien), Shanxi Province.[3]
References
- ^ "Morgan Lucas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2006.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ L’ Homme de Pékin : Otto Zdansky - Etude de l'usure des dents
- ^ "Hipparion Clay".
Further reading
"Translation of Otto Zdansky's "The Localities of the Hipparion Fauna of Baode County in Northwest Shanxi"(1923)" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. 8 (1). 2005. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
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