Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage

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Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe
Rheinland-Pfalz
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Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1, 2007 (2007-01-01)
Jurisdiction Rhineland-Palatinate
HeadquartersErthaler Hof, Mainz
50°4′18.7068″N8°15′6.2676″E / 50.071863000°N 8.251741000°E / 50.071863000; 8.251741000
Agency executive
  • Dr. Heike Otto, Director General
Parent departmentMinistry of the Interior and Sport
Website mwwk.rlp.de

The Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage (German : Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz or Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe RLP) is a state agency responsible for monument protection and preservation in the Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the Directorate of Castles, Palaces and Antiquities, its responsibilities include the three state museums in Koblenz, Mainz and Trier as well as the State Monument Preservation and State Archaeology Directorates as monument authorities. [1]

In 2021, Markus Poschmann of the State Archaeology Directorate at Koblenz, who is an expert in prehistoric sea scorpions of the eurypterid order, co-authored a study with Andrew Rozenfeldz of Queensland Museum in Australia, describing a possible second species in the Woodwardopterus genus. Named Woodwardopterus freemanorum, [2] the specimen gained extra significance when it was found to be the last known fossil of eurypterid in the world, having lived not long before the end of Permian extinction event, in which around 96 per cent of species went extinct. [3]

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References

  1. "Die Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz" [he General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate] (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. Poschmann, Markus J.; Rozefelds, Andrew (2021). "The last eurypterid – a southern high-latitude record of sweep-feeding sea scorpion from Australia constrains the timing of their extinction". Historical Biology . 33 (12): 121–138. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1998033. S2CID   252467508.
  3. Hines, Jasmine (18 February 2022). "Prehistoric sea scorpion fossil a first-of-its-kind find in central Queensland". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 24 February 2022.