Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra

Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
Born1905
Died1975
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch
Scientific career
FieldsPalaeontology
InstitutionsSouth 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.