Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte (born 7 August 1942 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan biologist and paleontologist.[1]
Álvaro Mones | |
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Born | Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte |
Nationality | Uruguayan |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Mones |
The fossil Josephoartigasia monesi is named after him, for his study of the rodent in 1966.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.