Ernst Koken

He received a doctorate in 1884 with studies under Wilhelm Dames and Ernst Beyrich.

He completed his habilitation as an assistant to Beyrich and became a lecturer at the University of Berlin in 1888.

In 1891 he joined the University of Königsberg as a professor to succeed Wilhelm Branco and in 1895 he moved to the University of Tübingen to succeed Branco again, and where he worked until his death.

[1][2][3] Koken studied Cretaceous dinosaurs from Germany and wrote about them in 1887.

He visited the Salt Range in British India and took an interest in the Permian.