PALEOHERPETOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES: PAST AND PRESENT
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https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.09.06.2021.349Keywords:
Paleoherpetology, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Archosaurs, Amphibians, Anurans, CrocodylomorphsAbstract
The Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN) of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) was originally located in the area of the Buenos Aires downtown known as the Manzana de las Luces and then was relocated to the buildings I and II of Ciudad Universitaria. The paleoherpetological studies in this institution began with the contributions of Dr. Osvaldo Reig, who was at UBA in three separate periods: first in the early ’50s, then during the earlies and mid ’60s, and finally in the mid ’80s. During his first period his research was focused on Triassic archosaurs and anurans from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. On his second period at FCEN, his research was focused towards microevolutionary studies based on extant species. Dr. Ana María Báez is a specialist in fossil anurans, who had a high impact on the field and formed several students and acted as a professor at FCEN up to 2006. After A. M. Báez retired from her teaching duties, her place was filled by her disciple Dr. Claudia A. Marsicano. Dr. C. A. Marsicano centered her early studies on fossil temnospondyls to later expand her focus to the analyses of Permo-Triassic tetrapod faunas of Gondwana. C. A. Marsicano founded the Laboratorio de Estudios Paleobiológicos en Ambientes Continentales and has acted as advisor in several undergraduate and doctoral theses. The younger paleoherpetologists of the FCEN are Dr. Juan M. Leardi, whose research focuses in fossil crocodylomorphs, and Dr. Raúl O. Gómez, who studies fossil anurans and other vertebrates.
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