Kaspar Jacob Roth, Swiss-born Argentine explorer, paleontologist, geologist and hydrologist (Herisau 14 June 1850 – Buenos Aires 24 August 1924)

Discovered Pontimelos man (1881)

DESCRIBED MAMMALIA FOSSIL TAXA

Order 

Notoungulata (1903)

Genera

Blastoconus 1903

Calodontotherium 1903

Colhuapia 1901

Colhuelia 1901

Degonia 1901

Diplodon 1901

Eurystephanodon 1903

Eutrochodon 1903

Grypolophodon 1903

Helicolophodon 1903

Heteroglyphis 1899

Heterolophodon 1903

Isolophodon 1903

Lafkenia 1903

Lelfunia 1901

Lemudeus 1903

Lonkus 1901

Megalacrodon 1900

Megalophodon 1903

Monoeidodon 1898

Monolophodon 1903

Nesciotherium 1898

Nesodonopsis 1898

Notamynus 1903

Notorhinus 1903

Ortholophodon 1901

Otronia 1901

Palyeidodon 1898

Pehuenia 1901

Periphragnis 1899

Picunia 1901

Plesiofelis 1903

Plesiomegatherium 1911

Plesioxotodon 1901

Polymorphis 1899

Proacrodon 1899

Prostylophorus 1901

Pseudopithecus 1901 

Puelia 1901

Pyramidon 1901

Rankelia 1901 

Rhyphodon 1899

Setebos 1901

Tachytypotherium 1903

Tehuelia 1901

Trigonolophodon 1903

Trilobodon 1901

HONORS

Santiagorothia Hitz, Reguero, Wyss & Flynn 2000 (Fossil Mammalia)