Melchior Neumayr
Austrian paleontologist (1845-1890) · Academics · Died at 44
Melchior Neumayr was a palaeontologist from Austria-Hungary and the son of Max von Neumayr, a Bavarian Minister of State. He specialized on the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the Alps. Neumayr introduced the concept of the Tethys sea in 1885, calling it the Jurassic seaway.
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The name "Tethys" was given by his father-in-law Eduard Suess.
