Abel, Othenio#
b. Vienna, June 20, 1875, d. Mondsee (Upper Austria), July 4, 1946, together with Louis Dollo pioneered the field of paleobiology studying the life and environment of fossilized organisms; 1917-1934 university professor in Vienna, later head of the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Goettingen; explored the Drachenhoehle at Mixnitz.
Publications#
Grundzuege der Palaeobiologie der Wirbeltiere, 1912; Lehrbuch der Palaeozoologie, 1920; Die Drachenhoehle bei Mixnitz, 1931; Vorzeitliche Lebensspuren, 1935; Das Reich der Tiere, 1939.Literature#
K. Ehrenberg, O. A. Lebensweg, 1975.