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Abel, Othenio
© Copyright Othenio Abel, photo around 1925 Abel, Othenio, b. Vienna, June 20, 1875, d. Mondsee (Upper Austria), July 4, 1946, together with Louis Dollo pioneered the field of paleobiology studying the life and environment of fossilized organisms; 1917-1934 university professor in Vienna, later head of the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Göttingen; explored the Drachenhöhle at Mixnitz. Publications: Grundzüge der Paläobiologie der Wirbeltiere, 1912; Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie, 1920; Die Drachenhöhle bei Mixnitz, 1931; Vorzeitliche Lebensspuren, 1935; Das Reich der Tiere, 1939. Literature: K. Ehrenberg, O. A. Lebensweg, 1975.
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