| Maurits Lindström | |
| Birth Date: | 1932 5, df=yes |
| Citizenship: | Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Field: | Geology, Paleontology, Meteoritics |
| Work Institutions: | Stockholm University |
| Prizes: | Årets geolog Pander Medal |
Maurits Lindström (10 May 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Swedish geologist and paleontologist. Lindström's initial work was divided among two topics conodont paleontology and the structural geology of the Scandinavian Caledonides in Lappland.[1]
In 1970, he described the conodont families Cordylodontidae, Gondolellidae, Proconodontidae and Rhipidognathidae.[2] In 1971, he described the conodont genera Baltoniodus, Microzarkodina and Paracordylodus.[3] Lindström published conodont studies up to 1987 after which he only supervised students working with conodonts.[1]
In the late 1980s Lindström began to study ancient impact craters in the Fennoscandian Shield. His studies have confirmed earlier speculations that Tvären and Lockne are craters.[1]
In 1985 he became member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 2009 he was awarded the prize "Årets geolog" (Geologist of the Year) by Geosektionen of Naturvetarna.[4]
He received the Pander Medal awarded by the Pander Society, an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology.