Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel

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Christoph Gottfried Andreas Giebel (13 September 1820 – 14 November 1881), German zoologist and palaeontologist, was born in Quedlinburg, Saxony, and educated at the University of Halle, where he graduated in 1845 with a Ph.D.. In 1858 he became professor of zoology and director of the museum there. He died at Halle. His chief publications were Palaozoologie (1846); Fauna der Vorwelt (1847-1856); Deutschlands Petrefact en (1852); Odontographie (1855); Lehrbuch der Zoologie (1857); Thesaurus ornithologiae (1872-1877).

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