Karl Emmanuel Burckhardt, Swiss-born Mexican geologist and paleontologist (Basle 26 March 1869 – Ciudad de Mexico 26 August 1935)

Authored 44 publications

DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA GENERA

Durangites 1912

Idoceras 1906

Mazapilites 1919

Nebrodites 1910

Proniceras 1919

Pseudoctenostreon 1930

Species

More than 100

HONORS

Burckhardtia Frech 1907 (Fossil Mollusca)

Burckhardtites Humphrey 1949 (Fossil Mollusca)

Burckhardtite Gaines, Leavens & Nelen 1979 (Mineral)

See http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/epoca02/1936-9-1burckhardt.pdf  (in Spanish; with bibliography)