Robert Broom, Scottish-born South-African paleontologist (Paisley, Scotland 30 November 1866 – Pretoria 06
April 1951) ACHIEVEMENTS
Discovered Australopithecus robustus (1938)
First to find septo-maxilla in the
skull of tetrapods (1897)
Showed that in a foetal marsupial
the cartilaginous coracoids process of the shoulder girdle reaches and
articulates with the sternum (1897)
Gave first essentially complete
account of the skeleton of any mammal-like reptile (1901) Described new families and orders in
Fossil Reptilia DESCRIBED
FOSSIL GENERA
Reptilia About 220 Mammalia Burramys 1895 Dinopithecus 1937 Elephantomys 1937 Gorgopithecus 1949 with Robinson Gypsorhynchus 1930 Karoomys 1903 Mylomygale 1946 with Schepers Notochoerus 1925 Palaeopetaurus 1896 Palaeopetromys 1946 Palaeotomys 1937 Palaeotragiscus 1930 Proamblysomus 1941 Prohyrax 1930 Prototomys 1948 Telanthropus 1949 with Robinson Tetracynodon 1948 with Robinson Amphibia Batrachosaurus 1903 Lydekkerina 1915 Putterilla 1930 Rhinesuchus 1908 Rhinesuchoides 1937 with Olson Pisces Caruichthys 1913 Disichthys 1913 Helichthys 1909 Hydropessum 1909 Peleichthys 1913 Crustacea Notocaris 1913 Species About 560 of Fossil Vertebrata (being 369 therapsid and 12 fishes) HONORS
Wollaston Medal (1949) Broometta Chabakov 1928 (Fossil Pisces) Broomia Watson 1914 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomicephalus Brink & Kitching 1953 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomisaurus Joseaud 1920 (Fossil Reptilia) Broomistega Shishkin & Rubidge (Fossil Amphibia) Broomium Koch (Coleoptera) Broomulus Romer 1947
(Fossil Amphibia) Robertia Boonstra 1948 (Fossil Reptilia) |
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