The dinosaur baron of transylvania.

• Autores: Gareth Dyke
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 305, Nº. 4, 2011, págs. 80-83
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses Franz Nopcsa, the baron of Szacsal in Transylvania, and his contributions to the field of paleontology. Nopsca published over 100 papers on fossils in which he argued that dinosaurs from central Europe such as Magyarosaurus and Telmatosaurus were small due to island-dwarfing, pioneered the use of histology, the analysis of the microscopic structure of bones, in paleontology, and created maps of the geology of central Europe. His theories concerning the island of Hátszeg in the Tethys Sea and the dispersal of dinosaurs are still in use in modern paleontology. The article also addresses his personal and political life, providing information on his relationship with his secretary, his work as a spy in the first world war, and his suicide.