Johann Andreas Wagner

Johann Andreas Wagner (21 March 1797 – 17 December 1861) was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.

Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich. He was also the curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung (the German State Zoology Collection). He was the author of Die Geographische Verbreitung der Säugethiere Dargestellt (1844-46).

Johann Andreas Wagner Media

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  The oldest biogeographical map. Wagner indicated the northern, the equatorial, the Australian and the Magellan provinces (southern South America)

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  Pikermi fossil of a hyena tooth Adcrocuta eximia, showing the characteristic craquelure, Teylers Museum.

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  Hipparion from Pikermi, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Bibliography

• 1844-1846. Die Geographische Verbreitung der Säugethiere Dargestellt. (in German)
• Johann Andreas Wagner 1897. Monographie der gattung Pomatias Studer. (in German)

References

• Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists:Chrono-Biographical Sketches