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Georg Statz

Georg Statz (1894–1945) was a school teacher and taxonomist who published widely on fossil insects from the Oligocene Rott Formation of Germany. Known as the "Statz Collection", his fossils are reposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Institüt fur Paläontologie, Universität Bonn.

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Georg Statz (1894–1945) was a school teacher and taxonomist who published widely on fossil insects from the Oligocene Rott Formation of Germany (Rott am Siebengbirge). Known as the "Statz Collection", his fossils are reposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Institüt fur Paläontologie, Universität Bonn.12

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  1. Hendy, Austin (August 30, 2017). "Georg Statz". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Invertebrate Paleontology (LACMIP).
  2. "Project overview - Fossil Insects of LA". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 2017-08-31.