Rodolfo Aníbal Coria (born in Neuquén June 1, 1959), is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

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 is best known for having directed the field study and co-naming of '' Argentinosaurus'' (possibly the world's largest land animal ever) in 1993, and ''

Giganotosaurus ''Giganotosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99.6 to 95 million years ago. The holotype specimen was discovered in th ...

'' (one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores), in 1996 among other landmark

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n dinosaurs, including '' Mapusaurus'', ''

Aucasaurus ''Aucasaurus'' is a genus of medium-sized abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian stage) of the Anacleto Formation. It was smaller than the related ''Carnotaurus'', although m ...

'', and ''

Quilmesaurus ''Quilmesaurus'' is a genus of carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Patagonian Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of Argentina. It was a member of Abelisauridae, closely related to genera such as ''Carnotaurus''. The only known rem ...

''. He is a member of the Argentine Paleontological Association,

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is a professional organization that was founded in the United States in 1940 to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology around the world. Mission and Activities SVP has about 2,300 members inte ...

, Paleontological Society and

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. He was a leading researcher at the

Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum The Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum ( es, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia) is a public museum located in the Caballito section of Buenos Aires, Argentina. History and overview The museum owes it ...

, in

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, director of the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul (

Neuquén Province Neuquén () is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Provinc ...

), from its opening in 1984 until 2007, when he joined the National Research Council of Argentina. He and his work were featured in the movie '' Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia'' (2007) and the BBC Horizon documentary ''Extreme Dinosaurs'' (2000).

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BBC Interview of Rodolfo Coria
Argentine paleontologists Argentine curators 1959 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Directors of museums in Argentina {{paleontologist-stub