This
is the only known image of Nick Kalandadze,
discovered in a Permian mudstone at
an excavation near the Arctic Circle.
It is apparently in the context of a Middle
Permian restaurant.
Born in 1939 in Mongolia with Russian ancestors and a Georgian
surname,
Nick was initially a specialist in Dicynodon.
He
described Lystrosaurus georgi which is include in this
show.
After these initial successes his mind began to wander.
We have included
with this catalog the text except from his new work on zoogeography.
Zoogeography
demonstrates how species are related and further demonstrates
how ancient continents
were once joined together.
The most famous example concerns Nick's own Lystrosaurus
georgi.
This creature was found along formations in Russia, South Africa etc.
There
was a strong correlation between all specimens found and
this became the basis
of a proof for the then emerging theory of plate tectonics.
Plate tectonics is
the drifting of the continents.
Click this text to go
to:
Historical Zoogeography of Land Tetrapods
by N. Kalandadze
A. Rautian
Species
described by Nikolai Kalandadze:
Lystrosaurus georgi
Calleonasus
furvus
Edaxosaurus edentatus
Elatosaurus facetus
