Alberto Cobos Periañez is a Spanish

paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

. He works in Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, in

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. He is one of the discoverers of ''

Turiasaurus riodevensis ''Turiasaurus'' (meaning " Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species ''Turiasaurus riodevensis'', found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain ...

'', together with

Rafael Royo-Torres Dr. Rafael Royo-Torres is a Spanish Paleontologist. He works in Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, in Teruel, Spain. He is one of the discoverers of ''Turiasaurus riodevensis'', together with Luis Alcalá Luis Alcalá Mart ...

and

Luis Alcalá Luis Alcalá Martínez is a Spanish paleontologist. Biography Dr. Luis Alcalá is a Spanish Paleontologist. He is the director of Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, in Teruel, Spain. He is one of the discoverers of ''Turi ...

References

External links

BBC report on ''Turiasaurus''

Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel''
Living people Spanish paleontologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-scientist-stub