Johann Andreas Wagner | |
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Born | 21 March 1797
Nuremberg |
Died | 17 December 1861 (aged 64) |
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Fields | Paleontology, zoology, archaeology, natural science |
Johann Andreas Wagner (21 March 1797 – 17 December 1861) was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist who wrote several important works on palaeontology.
Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich, and curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung (State Zoology Collection). He was the author of Die Geographische Verbreitung der Säugethiere Dargestellt (1844–46).
Wagner was a Christian creationist. [1]
In his travels to the fossil beds of Pikermi, Wagner discovered and described fossil remains of mastodon, Dinotherium, Hipparion, two species of giraffe, antelope and others. [2] [3] His collaboration with Johannes Roth on these fossils became a major textbook in palaeontology, known as "Roth & Wagner", in which the "bones were much broken, and no complete skeleton was found with all the parts united". [4] [5]
Wagner is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American snake, Diaphorolepis wagneri. [6]