Pierce Brodkorb

William Pierce Brodkorb (September 29, 1908, Chicago – July 18, 1992, Gainesville, Florida) was an American ornithologist and paleontologist.

Later, he received the opportunity to work as a staff technician in the Ornithology Division of the Field Museum.

[3][citation needed] In 1946, he accepted a professorate in the Department of Zoology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.

[citation needed] Brodkorb described several prehistoric bird genera, such as Alexornis, Eostrix, and Titanis, for the first time.

More unusual is the case of the enigmatic fossil bird Foro panarium: Latin forō means "[I] pierce [a hole into something]", and panarium is the Roman term for a basket to store bread – in German (whence Brodkorb's family name originated) a Brotkorb.