THE PALEONTOLOGY AREA OF THE FUNDACIÓN AZARA
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https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.23.06.2021.351Keywords:
Paleoherpetology, Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, Lepidosaurs, Cretaceous, South America, Ichnology, La Buitrera, Buenos AiresAbstract
The Área de Paleontología at Fundación Azara works at the Maimónides University. In 17 years it has established itself solidly in publications, colleagues' meetings and in the media. In the facet of exploration, it has contributed to more than 10 new paleoherpetological localities, some as important as the Paleontological Area of La Buitrera, La Bonita, La Escondida, El Pueblito and the field of Violante, all in Río Negro Province, and Bajada Colorada in Neuquén Province. Outside the country, it has contributed to the new ichnological localities of Tunasniyoj and Ruditayoj (Bolivia) and explored the Yamana locality in Ecuador for the first time. In the research stage, nearly 50 new paleoherpetological species and novel visions have been contributed, such as the existence of snakes 70 million years before the oldest known, the relationship between Jurassic sphenodonts of the south of the pangeic desert, successions in the faunas of South American dinosaurs, the presence of spikes and square jaws among titanosaurs and the extinction of carcharodontosaurid theropods and their coincidence with the extinction of rebbachisaurid sauropods. As for the formation of human resources, some 10 doctoral theses and other dissertations have been made based on our own topics, forming a group of researchers today distributed throughout the country. Finally, regarding divulgation, fiction series, informative programs have been carried out and a dozen books have been published, in addition to having started or resumed serial publications on natural science topics.
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