Hans Georg Stehlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss paleontologist (1870-1941)
Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1870
Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1941
Profession: geologist, paleontologist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Hans Georg Stehlin
- Hans Georg Stehlin (1870–1941) was a Swiss paleontologist and geologist. Stehlin specialized in vertebrate paleontology, particularly the study of Cenozoic mammals.
- He published numerous scientific papers on primates and ungulates.
- He was president of the commission of the Natural History Museum of Basel. In 1910 Stehlin coined the term Grande Coupure to refer to the extinction event which occurred 33.9 millions of years ago, which defines the Eocene-Oligocene limit.
- It originated a huge change in organisms, especially the mammals of Europe.Stehlin is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Gallotia stehlini.
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