Organized by the Museum of Anthropology and Natural Sciences, under the Undersecretariat of Culture of the Municipality of Concordia, this Friday, April 26, the conference “Dinosaurs: the big, the ancient, the surprising” will take place, led by Dr. of Natural Sciences and Paleontology specialist Rodolfo Coria.
The capacity to participate is now full and registration is closed. At the same time, registrants are requested to be present at the Convention Center of the city of Concordia at 7:50 PM in order to proceed with accreditation and data verification.
It is also important to emphasize that the event will not be suspended in case of rain and that the museum will remain closed on that date, resuming its normal public opening hours starting Saturday, April 27.
OF CULTURAL INTEREST AND GUEST OF HONOR
The Honorable Deliberative Council declared the conference “Dinosaurs: The big, the ancient, the surprising” of “Cultural Interest” and, at the same time, declared Dr. of Natural Sciences and Paleontology specialist Rodolfo Coria as “Guest of Honor of the city of Concordia”.
Dr. of Natural Sciences Rodolfo Coria was the ad honorem director of the Carmen Funes Museum between the years 1996-2007 and 2012-2019. At the same time, he was the organizer and first director of the Paleontology Degree at the National University of Rio Negro.
He was in charge of organizing the CONICET Institute for Research in Paleobiology and Geology; furthermore, he was the organizing Director of the Paleontology Degree at the National University of Rio Negro between the years 2008 and 2012.
He has carried out paleontological exploration and excavation campaigns in different locations in Patagonia, La Rioja, the USA, Canada, Mongolia, and eight campaigns on the Antarctic Peninsula. Among his main discoveries made in cooperative work with other colleagues, he has named almost 20 species of dinosaurs, 14 of them as the first author.
Among said discoveries, the following stand out: the Argentinosaurus huinculensis (one of the largest dinosaurs recorded to date); the Giganotosaurus carolinii (the largest carnivorous dinosaur, which earned him the Gold Medal of the Argentine Senate in 1995); the largest dinosaur nesting site in the world, where, in addition, the first sauropod dinosaur embryos and the first finding of embryonic dinosaur skin were found; and, finally, the discovery of the Mapusaurus roseae, with the only monospecific deposit of carnivorous dinosaurs recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
The capacity to participate is now full and registration is closed. At the same time, registrants are requested to be present at the Convention Center of the city of Concordia at 7:50 PM in order to proceed with accreditation and data verification.
It is also important to emphasize that the event will not be suspended in case of rain and that the museum will remain closed on that date, resuming its normal public opening hours starting Saturday, April 27.
OF CULTURAL INTEREST AND GUEST OF HONOR
The Honorable Deliberative Council declared the conference “Dinosaurs: The big, the ancient, the surprising” of “Cultural Interest” and, at the same time, declared Dr. of Natural Sciences and Paleontology specialist Rodolfo Coria as “Guest of Honor of the city of Concordia”.
Dr. of Natural Sciences Rodolfo Coria was the ad honorem director of the Carmen Funes Museum between the years 1996-2007 and 2012-2019. At the same time, he was the organizer and first director of the Paleontology Degree at the National University of Rio Negro.
He was in charge of organizing the CONICET Institute for Research in Paleobiology and Geology; furthermore, he was the organizing Director of the Paleontology Degree at the National University of Rio Negro between the years 2008 and 2012.
He has carried out paleontological exploration and excavation campaigns in different locations in Patagonia, La Rioja, the USA, Canada, Mongolia, and eight campaigns on the Antarctic Peninsula. Among his main discoveries made in cooperative work with other colleagues, he has named almost 20 species of dinosaurs, 14 of them as the first author.
Among said discoveries, the following stand out: the Argentinosaurus huinculensis (one of the largest dinosaurs recorded to date); the Giganotosaurus carolinii (the largest carnivorous dinosaur, which earned him the Gold Medal of the Argentine Senate in 1995); the largest dinosaur nesting site in the world, where, in addition, the first sauropod dinosaur embryos and the first finding of embryonic dinosaur skin were found; and, finally, the discovery of the Mapusaurus roseae, with the only monospecific deposit of carnivorous dinosaurs recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.