Rodolfo Casamiquela
Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela (December 11, 1932 in Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro Province – December 5, 2008 in Cipolletti, Río Negro) was an Argentinian paleontologist, archeologist, historian, writer, and teacher, best known for his discovering of the dinosaur Pisanosaurus mertii in 1967.[1]
Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela | |
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Born | Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro Province, Argentina | December 11, 1932
Died | December 5, 2008 75) Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, Argentina | (aged
Nationality | Argentinian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | paleontology |
Awards
- Konex Platino (2006)
Honors
Casamiquela is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Liolaemus casamiquelai.[2]
Books
Casamiquela published over 20 books and various reports. This list contains some of them (all in Spanish):
- Sobre la significación mágica del arte rupestre nordpatagónico (1960)
- Estudio de Nillatum y la religión araucana (1964)
- Rectificaciones y ratificaciones hacia una interpretación definitiva del panorama etnológico de la Patagonia y área septentrional adyacente (1965)
- Noticias sobre una breve expedición arqueológica a la zona de Lihuel Calel (provincia de la Pampa) y observaciones complementarias (1967)
- En pos del gualicho (1988)
- El otro lado de los viajes (1993)
- Toponimia indígena de la provincia de La Pampa (2005)
- Los ríos mesetarios norpatagónicos: aguas generosas del Ande al Atlántico (2010, publicación póstuma, con varios autores)
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References
- "El poblamiento de la Patagonia". Confines Digital. 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 ("Casamiquela", p. 49).
External links
- Obituary of Dr. Rodolfo Casamiquela in Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. (in Spanish).
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