Jerzy Dzik (born 25 February 1950) is a Polish paleontologist.

He has described many species, genera, and families of conodonts,[1] including the order Ozarkodinida (in 1976).[2][3]

In 2003, he described the dinosauriform Silesaurus, from the Triassic of Poland.[4]

Tributes

The conodont genus name Dzikodus Zhang 1998 is a tribute to J. Dzik.

References

  1. ^ Dzik, J. 2006. The Famennian „Golden Age” of conodonts and ammonoids in the Polish part of the Variscan sea. Palaeontologia Polonica 63, 1-359.
  2. ^ Remarks on the evolution of Ordovician conodonts. J Dzik, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 1976, volume 21, no 4 (pdf, retrieved 30 April 2016)
  3. ^ Evolution of the oral apparatuses in the conodont chordates. J Dzik, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 1991, volume 36, no 3, pages 265-332 (pdf, retrieved 30 April 2016)
  4. ^ Dzik, J. (2003). "A beaked herbivorous archosaur with dinosaur affinities from the early Late Triassic of Poland." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(3): 556-574.