Álvaro Mones
Álvaro Mones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Mones |
Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte (born 7 August 1942 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan biologist and paleontologist.[1]
The extinct Josephoartigasia monesi is named after him, for his study of South American rodents,[2] including its relative Josephoartigasia magna.[3]
References
- ^ Uruguayan biologists (in Spanish)
- ^ Rinderknecht, Andrés; Blanco, R. Ernesto (January 2008). "The largest fossil rodent". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275 (1637): 923–8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMC 2599941. PMID 18198140.
- ^ Francis, J. C.; Mones, A. (1966). "Artigasia magna n. g., n. sp. (Eumegamyinae), un roedor gigantesco de la época Pliocena Superior de las Barrancas de San Gregorio, Departamento de San José, República Oriental del Uruguay" [Artigasia magna n. g., n. sp. (Eumegamyinae), a giant rodent from the Upper Pliocene epoch from the St Gregorio Hills, Department of San José, Eastern Republic of Uruguay]. Kraglieviana (in Spanish) (3): 89–100.