AZ
Alan C. Ziegler
American paleontologist, ornithologist and zoologist · 1926–2003
1,236 specimens, collected between 1967 and 1997 on 23 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 7,391 specimens for others.
On the labels as A C Ziegler, Ziegler, A.C., A. C. Ziegler, AC Ziegler, Alan C. Ziegler.
- Specimens
- 1,236
- Type specimens
- 13
- Years in the field
- 31
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 342
- Identifications
- 7,391
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 6
Where Ziegler collected
Specimens by decade
1960s1990s
Earliest: Metrosideros cordata, 1967 (New Guinea). Latest: Corbicula fluminea, 1997.
Named for Ziegler
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Ziegler. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
From the field
As a determiner
7,391 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: