Georg, Count zu Munster

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Count Georg zu Munster (Georg Graf zu Münster; February 17, 1776 – December 23, 1844 in Bayreuth), was a German paleontologist. He formed a famous collection of fossils, which was ultimately secured by the Bavarian state, and formed the nucleus of the palaeontological museum at Munich. Count Munster assisted Georg August Goldfuss in writing his great work, Petrefacta Germaniae.

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