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Álvaro Mones

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Álvaro Mones
Born
Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte
NationalityUruguayan
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Mones

Álvaro Jaime Mones Sibillotte (born 7 August 1942 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan biologist and paleontologist.[1]

The fossil Josephoartigasia monesi is named after him, for his study of the rodent in 1966.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Uruguayan biologists (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 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.