José Bonaparte
José Bonaparte | |
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Born | Rosario, Santa Fe Argentina | 14 June 1928
Died | 18 February 2020 Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 91)
Nationality | Argentine |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
José Fernando Bonaparte (14 June 1928–18 February 2020) was an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists. He has been described by paleontologist Peter Dodson as "almost singlehandedly...responsible for Argentina becoming the sixth country in the world in kinds of dinosaurs."[1][2]
Biography
Bonaparte was the son of an Italian sailor, with no close connection to
Career
Discovery of southern diversity
Between 1975 and 1977, Bonaparte worked on excavation of
The supercontinent of
Discoveries
Bonaparte described a wide array of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, including:
- Abelisaurus comahuensis(1985)
- Agustinia ligabuei(1998)
- Alvarezsaurus calvoi(1991)
- Amargasaurus cazaui(1991)
- Andesaurus delgadoi(1991)
- Argentinosaurus huinculensis(1993)
- Argyrosaurus superbus(1984)
- Carnotaurus sastrei(1985),
- Coloradisaurus brevis(1978)
- Guaibasaurus candelariensis(1998)
- Kritosaurus australis(1984)
- Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis(1986)
- Ligabueino andesi(1996)
- Mussaurus patagonicus(1979)
- Noasaurus leali(1980)
- Piatnitzkysaurus floresi(1979)
- Rayososaurus agrioensis(1996)
- Riograndia guaibensis (2001)[11]
- Riojasaurus incertus(1969)
- Saltasaurus loricatus(1980)
- Velocisaurus unicus(1991)
- Volkheimeria chubutensis(1979)
- Ligabuesaurus leanzai(2006)
He also contributed to the description of Giganotosaurus.
Philosophy
Bonaparte was a traditionalist and did not use modern
His students included
, Sebastián Apesteguía and Agustín Martinelli.References
- ^ ISBN 9781559583381.
- ^ Dodson is quoted in Lessem 1993
- ^ Giacchino, Adrián (1999). "El doctor José Fernando Bonaparte, tras las huellas de los dinosaurios" (in Spanish). CAECE University. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007.
- ^ "José F. Bonaparte". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ a b Lessem, Don (May 1993). "Jose Bonaparte: Master of the Mesozoic — Paleontologist". Omni.
- ^ "Otorgan el honoris causa al Dr. José Fernando Bonaparte". University Press (in European Spanish). National University of Comahue. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Falleció el reconocido paleontólogo José Bonaparte". La Verdad (in Spanish). 18 February 2020.
- ^ Bonaparte, J. F.; Salfity, J. A.; Bossi, G. & Powell, J. E. (1977). "Hallazgo de dinosaurios y aves cretacicas en la Formación Lecho de El Brete (Salta), proximo al limite con Tucumán". Acta Geològica Lilloana (in Spanish). 14: 5–17.
- ISBN 978-0253352897.
- ^ Bakker is quoted in Lessem 1993
- doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00194.)
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External links
- Data related to José Fernando Bonaparte at Wikispecies