Carlos Walther, German-born Uruguayan geologist (Wolfenbuttel, Lower Saxony 18 February 1878 – Uruguay 24 April 1948)

Authored 65 works on geology, mineralogy, petrology, paleontology and crystallography

DESCRIBED NEW SPECIES   

Holoconularia fimbriata 1903 (Fossil Gastropoda)

Praecardium angulatum 1907 (Fossil Bivalvia)

HONORS

Waltheria Gaucher & Sprechmann 1999 (Microfossil)