María Páramo
María Euridice Páramo Fonseca (born 1953 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian paleontologist and geologist.[1] She has contributed to paleontology in Colombia in the fields of describing various Cretaceous reptiles, most notably the mosasaurs Eonatator and Yaguarasaurus, the ichthyosaur Kyhytysuka, and the plesiosaurs Leivanectes and Stenorhynchosaurus.
Dr. María Páramo | |
|---|---|
| María Euridice Páramo Fonseca | |
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Education | Universidad Nacional de Colombia (MSc.) |
| Alma mater | Université de Poitiers (PhD) |
| Known for | Vertebrate paleontology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Palaeontology, Paleoecology, Taphonomy |
| Institutions | Universidad Nacional de Colombia INGEOMINAS |
| Thesis | Les Vertébrés marins du Turonien de la Vallée Supérieure du Magdalena, Colombie, Systématique, Paléoécologie et Paléobiogéographie (1997) |
Biography edit
In 1991, Páramo obtained her MSc. degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia with a thesis titled Posición Sistemática de un reptil marino con base en los restos fósiles encontrados en capas del Cretácico Superior en Yaguará, Huila and her PhD degree in 1997 from the Université de Poitiers with a thesis Les Vertébrés marins du Turonien de la Vallée Supérieure du Magdalena, Colombie, Systématique, Paléoécologie et Paléobiogéographie.[2] With "Mention d’honneur avec félicitations" for doctoral thesis. María Páramo lectures and conducts research in the Department of Geosciences[3] at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá since 2006.[4] Páramo has helped establish a foundation for the preservation and rescue of fossils in the region of Colombia, along with other researchers and contributors.[3]
Páramo, together with fellow paleontologist Fernando Etayo, collaborated in describing the first dinosaur fossil found in Colombia, Padillasaurus leivaensis from the Paja Formation, close to Villa de Leyva, Boyacá.[5]
Other species described by Páramo are the mosasaur Eonatator coellensis from Coello, Tolima,[6] the pliosaur Stenorhynchosaurus munozi,[7] and ichthyosaur Platypterigius sachicarum from the Paja Formation,[8] Platypterygius appendicular remains from Northern tip of South America, fossil fish species Bachea huilensis from the Villeta Group,[9] and Gomphotheres from Pleistocene beds close to Cartagena.[10] One of the most complete discoveries in South America, the mosasaur Yaguarasaurus columbianus from the La Frontera Formation, Huila,[11] is mainly found in South America, but has been identified globally. Along with Fonsesca, in 2000, collected the tooth of mosasaur genus found in layers of the Turoniense of the Villeta Formation from "Mosasauroids from Colombia."[12]
Páramo has published in Spanish, French and English.[2]
Works edit
This list is a selection of works.[2][4]
Articles edit
- 2019 - A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia[13]
- 2018 - Appendicular remains of an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the lower Barremian of Villa de Leiva, Colombia[14]
- 2016 - Stenorhynchosaurus munozi, gen. et sp. nov. a new pliosaurid from the Upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Villa de Leiva, Colombia, South America[7]
- 2013 - Eonatator coellensis nov. sp. (Squamata: Mosasauridae), a new species from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia[6]
- 2012 - Mosasauroids from Colombia
- 2007 - The first Late Pleistocene record of Kinosternon (Cryptodira:Kinosternidae) turtles for Northern South America, Pubenza locality, Colombia
- 2001 - Los peces de la familia Pachyrhizodontidae (Teleostei) del Turoniano del Valle Superior del Magdalena, Colombia, dos nuevas especies
- 2000 - Yaguarasaurus columbianus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae), a primitive mosasaur from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Colombia[11]
- 1998 - Platypterigius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria), nueva especie del Cretácico de Colombia[8]
- 1997 - Bachea huilensis nov. gen., nov. sp., premier Tselfatioidei (Teleostei) de Colombie[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Los reptiles de María Páramo - El Espectador
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae María Páramo
- ^ a b "Los reptiles de María Páramo".
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae María Páramo 6 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ^ (in Spanish) Este es el Padillasaurus, el primer dinosaurio colombiano - El Tiempo
- ^ a b Páramo, 2013
- ^ a b Páramo et al., 2016
- ^ a b Páramo, 1998
- ^ a b Páramo, 1997
- ^ Páramo & Escobar, 2010
- ^ a b Páramo, 2000
- ^ "Paleontología en Colombia: Yaguarasaurus, el mosasaurio de Colombia". Paleontología en Colombia. 20 March 2012.
- ^ Páramo Fonseca et al., 2019
- ^ Páramo, 2018
Notable works by Páramo edit
- Páramo Fonseca, María Euridice; José Patricio O'Gorman; Zulma Gasparini; Santiago Padilla, and Mary Luz Parra Ruge. 2019. A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Cretaceous Research in press. _. Accessed 2019-03-09.
- Páramo Fonseca, María Eurídice. 2018. Restos apendiculares de un ictiosaurio oftalmosáurido del Barremiano inferior de Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Boletín de Geología 40. 15–30. Accessed 2019-02-06.
- Páramo, María E.; Marcela Gómez Pérez; Leslie F. Noé, and Fernando Etayo. 2016. Stenorhynchosaurus munozi, gen. et sp. nov. a new pliosaurid from the Upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Villa de Leiva, Colombia, South America. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 40. 84–103. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Carballido, José L.; Diego Pol; Mary L. Parra Ruge; Santiago Padilla Bernal; María E. Páramo Fonseca, and Fernando Etayo Serna. 2015. A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Online edition. e980505. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Páramo Fonseca, María Euridice. 2013. Eonatator coellensis nov. sp. (Squamata: Mosasauridae), a new species from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia. Revista Académica Colombiana de Ciencias Naturales XXXVII. 499–518. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Páramo Fonseca, María Euridice, and Ingrid Carolina Escobar Quemba. 2010. Restos mandibulares de mastodonte encontrados en cercanías de Cartagena, Colombia. Geología Colombiana 35. 50–57. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Páramo Fonseca, María Euridice. 2001. Los peces de la familia Pachyrhizodontidae (Teleostei) del Turoniano del Valle Superior del Magdalena. Boletín Geológico 39. 51–83. .
- Páramo Fonseca, María Euridice. 2000. Yaguarasaurus columbianus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae), a primitive mosasaur from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Colombia. Historical Biology 14. 121–131. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Páramo, María E. 1998. Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) nueva especie del Cretácico de Colombia. Revista INGEOMINAS 6. 1–12. .
- Páramo, María. 1997. Bachea huilensis nov. gen., nov. sp., premier Tselfatioidei (Teleostei) de Colombie. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA 325. 147–150. Accessed 2017-06-01.
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Presentation by María Páramo