Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra

Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (1905 – 1975) was a South African palaeontologist whose work focused on the therapsida|mammal-like reptiles]] of the Middle (Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone) and Late Permian, whose fossil remains are common in the South African Karoo. He was the author of a large number of papers on Therapsids and Pareiasaurs, and described and revised a number of species.

Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
Born1905
Died1975
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch
Scientific career
FieldsPalaeontology
InstitutionsSouth African Museum
ThesisOn the osteology and mycology of the parejasaurian hind limb (1930)
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