Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra

Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
Born 1905
Volkrust (Transvaal Province)
Died 1975
Cape town
Scientific career
Fields Palaeontology

Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (1905 – 1975) was a South African paleontologist whose work focused on the mammal-like reptiles of the Middle (Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone) and Late Permian, whose fossil remains are common in the South African Karroo. He was the author of a large number of papers on Therapsids and Pareiasaurs, and described and revised a number of species.

  • South African Museum - Dr. Boonstra's Publications
  • Mention of the "late L.D. Boonstra"
  • Brief biography of Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
  • Davis, Douglas (1979). "Dr. L. D. Boonstra se nagedagtenis gehuldig". Matieland (in Afrikaans) (3): 41. Retrieved 2012-04-12.


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