Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela (December 11, 1932 in

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, Río Negro) was an Argentinian

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, historian, writer, and teacher, best known for his discovering of the

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''Pisanosaurus mertii'' in 1967.

Awards

* Konex Platino (2006)

Honors

Casamiquela is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, '' Liolaemus casamiquelai''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ("Casamiquela", p. 49).

Books

Casamiquela published over 20 books and various reports. This list contains some of them (all in Spanish): *''Sobre la significación mágica del arte rupestre nordpatagónico'' (1960) *''Estudio de Nillatum y la religión araucana'' (1964) *''Rectificaciones y ratificaciones hacia una interpretación definitiva del panorama etnológico de la Patagonia y área septentrional adyacente'' (1965) *''Noticias sobre una breve expedición arqueológica a la zona de Lihuel Calel (provincia de la Pampa) y observaciones complementarias'' (1967) *''En pos del gualicho'' (1988) *''El otro lado de los viajes'' (1993) *''Toponimia indígena de la provincia de La Pampa'' (2005) *''Los ríos mesetarios norpatagónicos: aguas generosas del Ande al Atlántico'' (2010, publicación póstuma, con varios autores)

References

External links

Obituary of Dr. Rodolfo Casamiquela
in ''Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina''. (in Spanish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Casamiquela, Rodolfo 1932 births 2008 deaths People from Río Negro Province Argentine people of Catalan descent Argentine paleontologists 20th-century Argentine historians 20th-century Argentine male writers Male non-fiction writers