Amanz Gressly

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Amanz Gressly (17 July 1814 – 13 April 1865) was a Swiss geologist and paleontologist. He introduced the use of the term facies in geology, and is considered one of the founders of modern stratigraphy and paleoecology.

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Image: Scan from book "Amanz Gressly's Briefe", published in 1911., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.