Álvaro Mones

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mones and the second or maternal family name is Sibillotte.
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

  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.


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