Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra | |
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| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1975 |
| Alma mater | University of Stellenbosch |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Institutions | South African Museum |
| Thesis | On the osteology and mycology of the parejasaurian hind limb (1930) |
Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra (1905 – 1975) was a South African palaeontologist 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 Karoo. He was the author of a large number of papers on Therapsids and Pareiasaurs, and described and revised a number of species.