Antonín Frič

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Antonín Frič
Born	30 June 1832 Prague
Died	15 November 1913 Prague
Resting place	Olšany Cemetery
Nationality	Czech
Known for	contributions on the field of permo-carboniferous ecosystems
Scientific career
Fields	paleontology
Institutions	Charles University, National Museum in Prague

Antonín Jan Frič (in German: Anton Johann Fritsch, 30 June 1832 – 15 November 1913) was a Czech paleontologist, biologist and geologist, living during the Austria-Hungary era. Professor at the Charles University and later became director of the National Museum in Prague. He became famous for his contributions on the field of Permo - Carboniferous ecosystems.

He also became known for finding fossils once attributed to dinosaurs - Albisaurus albinus and Ponerosteus exogyrarum and so far the only pterosaur known from the Czech Republic, Cretornis hlavaci. The pterosaur was small with a wingspan of about 1.5 m and lived in the Turonian.

The first true dinosaur known from the Czech Republic was discovered 90 years after Frič's death (in 2003). It is a small ornithopod of Cenomanian age.^[1]

Fritsch received the Lyell Medal from the Geological Society of London in 1902.^[2]

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• Works by or about Antonín Frič at Internet Archive
• Works by or about Antonín Frič in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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