Angel Cabrera y Latorre, Spanish-born Argentine zoologist and paleontologist (Madrid 19 February 1879 – La Plata 07 July 1960)
ACHIEVEMENTS
World authority on mammalogy and zoological nomenclature
Created the term mastozoology for defining mammalian research (1922)
Formulated the law of ecological incompatibility
DESCRIBED One genus (Atelocynus 1940), 10 species and 31 subspecies in Living Mammalia (only valid taxa)
The avian subspecie Galerida theklae aguirrei 1922
Fossil Mammalia Aspidocalyptus 1939 Brandmayria 1936 Chasicotherium 1931 with Kraglievich Coscinocercus 1939 Cullinia 1931 with Kraglievich Elassotherium 1939 Epecuenia 1939 Exaeretodon 1943 Habromeryx 1929 Hemixotodon 1931 with Kraglievich Lycopsis 1927 Macrauchenidia 1939 Megatheridium 1929 Morenocetus 1926 Notiomastodon 1929 Oreailurus 1940 Paratrigodon 1931 with Kraglievich Phlyctaenopyga 1944 Phoberodon 1926 Typotheriopsis 1931 with Kraglievich
Other fossil genera Gyrolepidoides 1944 & Haplospondylus 1927 (Fishes) Pelorocephalus 1944 (Amphibia) Aristonectes 1941 (Reptilia) Notopamphagopsis 1928 (Orthoptera)
HONORS Subgenus Cabreramops Ibañez 1980 (Mammalia; Chiroptera) Genus Angelocabrerus Simpson 1970 (Fossil Mammalia) |
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