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Maurits Lindström (10 May 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Swedish geologist.
In 1970, he described the conodont families Cordylodontidae, Gondolellidae, Proconodontidae and Rhipidognathidae.
In 1971, he described the conodont genera Baltoniodus, Microzarkodina and Paracordylodus.
Awards and tributes
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.
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.