Erich Maren Schlaikjer

Erich Maren Schlaikjer (November 22, 1905 in Newtown, Ohio – November 5, 1972) was an American geologist and dinosaur hunter. Assisting Barnum Brown, he co-described Pachycephalosaurus and what is now Montanoceratops. Other discoveries include Miotapirus and a new species of Mesohippus.

Schlaikjer attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1929. He received master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in 1931 and in 1935, respectively.

Honors
Selected highlights of honors:
 * Parmentier Scholar, Harvard University 1924 to 1925.
 * University Fellow, Columbia University, 1931 to 1932.
 * Cressy Morrison Prize, New York Academy of Science, 1939.
 * Fellow of The Geological Society of America, 1939.
 * Fellow of the Paleontological Society of America, 1940.
 * Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
 * Who’s Who in America, 1949 Supplement, 1950 edition to date.

Publications

 * Schlaikjer EM. (1931)	Description of a new Mesohippus from the White River formation of South Dakota: New England Zool. Club Proc., 12, pp35–36.
 * Schlaikjer EM. (1932) The osteology of Mesohippus barbouri: Mus. Comp. Zool. Bull., 72, pp391–410.
 * Brown B, Schlaikjer EM. (1937) The skeleton of Styracosaurus with the description of a new species: Am. Mus. Novitates. 955 p1-12.