Erich Maren Schlaikjer
Erich Maren Schlaikjer was an American geologist and dinosaur hunter. Assisting Barnum Brown, he co-described Pachycephalosaurus and what is now Montanoceratops. Other discoveries include Miotapirus and a new species of Mesohippus.
Erich attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1929. He received master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in 1931 and in 1935, respectively.Honors
Selected highlights of honors:
- Parmentier Scholar, Harvard University 1924 to 1925.
- University Fellow, Columbia University, 1931 to 1932.
- Cressy Morrison Prize, New York Academy of Science, 1939.
- Fellow of The Geological Society of America, 1939.
- Fellow of the Paleontological Society of America, 1940.
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Who’s Who in America, 1949 Supplement, 1950 edition to date.
Publications
- Schlaikjer EM. Description of a new Mesohippus from the White River formation of South Dakota: New England Zool. Club Proc., 12, pp35–36.
- Schlaikjer EM. The osteology of Mesohippus barbouri: Mus. Comp. Zool. Bull., 72, pp391–410.
- Brown B, Schlaikjer EM. The skeleton of Styracosaurus with the description of a new species: Am. Mus. Novitates. 955 p1-12.
