doctoral_advisor death_date field birth_date known_for prizes article_title name
otto heinrich schindewolf 26 april 2014 paleontology 15 march 1925 concept of ichnofacies gustav-steinmann-medaille -lrb- 1998 -rrb- adolf seilacher
 adolf seilacher
adolf seilacher

adolf `` dolf '' seilacher -lrb- february 24 , 1925 -- april 26 , 2014 -rrb- was a german palaeontologist who made major contributions to evolutionary and ecological palaeobiology in a career stretching over 60 years .
he is best known for his contributions to the study of trace fossils ; constructional morphology and structuralism ; biostratinomy -lrb- including `` aktuopaläontologie '' -rrb- exceptional preservation and the ediacaran biota .
