Helmut Kiderlen

Helmut Kiderlen (3 March 1905 in Ulm – 8 October 1995 in Freiburg im Breisgau)^[1] was a German geologist.

He is remember mostly as the first person to suggest the hypothesis about cnidarian affinities of conulariids. In 1937 he published a paper in which he presented evidence that this extinct group, enigmatic for his predecessors,^[2] either belonged to or was closely related to scyphozoans.^[3] This hypothesis is currently generally accepted.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Holoconularia kiderleni Hergarten, 1985, a Devonian conulariid, was named in his honour.^[7]

Notes

^ Schädel, Karl (1997-04-01). "Nachruf für Helmut Kiderlen". Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins (in German). 79: 33–37. doi:10.1127/jmogv/79/1997/33.
^ Slater, Ida L. (1907). "A monograph of British Conulariae". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 6 (295): 1–41. Bibcode:1907MPalS..61....1S. doi:10.1080/02693445.1907.12035533.
^ Kiderlen, Helmut (1937). "Die Conularien. Über Bau und Leben der ersten Scyphozoa". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Beilage-Band 77 (B): 113–169.
^ Sendino, Consuelo; Darrell, Jill (2009). "History of conulariid research" (PDF). Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 54 (2): 121–133. Bibcode:2009JPalS..54..121S. doi:10.1177/0971102320090201.
^ Iten, Heyo Van; Vyhlasová, Zdenka (2004-04-14), "14. Conulariids", The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, Columbia University Press, pp. 119–123, doi:10.7312/webb12678-015, ISBN 978-0-231-50163-7, retrieved 2025-06-23
^ G., Lucas, Spencer (March 2012). "The Extinction of the Conulariids". Geosciences. 2 (1). doi:10.3390/geo (inactive 23 June 2025). ISSN 2076-3263. Archived from the original on 2025-05-16.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2025 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Hergarten, Bernd (1985-08-26). "Die Conularien des Rheinischen Devons". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 66 (3/5). Frankfurt am Main: 269–297.

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[1] Schädel, Karl (1997-04-01). "Nachruf für Helmut Kiderlen". Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins (in German). 79: 33–37. doi:10.1127/jmogv/79/1997/33.

[2] Slater, Ida L. (1907). "A monograph of British Conulariae". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 6 (295): 1–41. Bibcode:1907MPalS..61....1S. doi:10.1080/02693445.1907.12035533.

[3] Kiderlen, Helmut (1937). "Die Conularien. Über Bau und Leben der ersten Scyphozoa". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Beilage-Band 77 (B): 113–169.

[4] Sendino, Consuelo; Darrell, Jill (2009). "History of conulariid research" (PDF). Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 54 (2): 121–133. Bibcode:2009JPalS..54..121S. doi:10.1177/0971102320090201.

[5] Iten, Heyo Van; Vyhlasová, Zdenka (2004-04-14), "14. Conulariids", The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, Columbia University Press, pp. 119–123, doi:10.7312/webb12678-015, ISBN 978-0-231-50163-7, retrieved 2025-06-23

[6] G., Lucas, Spencer (March 2012). "The Extinction of the Conulariids". Geosciences. 2 (1). doi:10.3390/geo (inactive 23 June 2025). ISSN 2076-3263. Archived from the original on 2025-05-16.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2025 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[7] Hergarten, Bernd (1985-08-26). "Die Conularien des Rheinischen Devons". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 66 (3/5). Frankfurt am Main: 269–297.

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