Fernando Etayo Serna is a Colombian

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 foss ...

and

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, alt ...

. His contributions on the

paleontology in Colombia 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 ...

has been mainly on the descriptions of

ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttle ...

s and Etayo has helped describing many

fossiliferous A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...

geologic formations of Colombia Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

. Etayo obtained his MSc. degree in

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

and

geophysics Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term ''geophysics'' som ...

from the

Universidad Nacional de Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, C ...

in 1963, and his PhD in paleontology from the

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in 1975.Curriculum Vitae Fernando Etayo
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Biography

Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) 2013 000

In 1962, Etayo Serna published his first work about the species ''

Codakia orbicularis ''Codakia orbicularis'' , or the tiger lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Florida to the West Indies. Description ''Codakia orbicularis'' grows ...

'' and ''

Codakia orbiculata ''Ctena orbiculata'', commonly known as the dwarf tiger lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies. Description ' ...

''.Etayo, 1962, ''Codakia orbicularis'' & ''Codakia orbiculata''
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/ref> He has defined many geologic formations of Colombia in the 1960s and 1970s. Etayo, together with fellow paleontologist

María Páramo María Euridice Páramo Fonseca (born 1953 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian paleontologist and geologist.dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

fossil found in Colombia, '' Padillasaurus'' from the

Paja Formation Paja may refer to: * Paja, Iran, a village in Sari County * Paja (given name), a Serbian masculine name * Paja (surname) * Paja Formation, geologic formation in Colombia * Paja Brava :''Paja Brava is also used in Spanish speaking countries to ref ...

, close to

Villa de Leyva Villa de Leyva, also called Villa de Leiva, is a touristic colonial town and municipality, in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Boyacá Department of Colombia. The town is a Colombian National Heritage Town and is on the tentative list for UNES ...

, Boyacá.Carballido et al., 2015Este es el ''Padillasaurus'', el primer dinosaurio colombiano
- El Tiempo His work has been focused on the descriptions of the various

s found in the same formation.Científicos descubren el primer dinosaurio en suelo colombiano
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He also co-authored the 2016 publication about '' Stenorhynchosaurus munozi'', found in the same formation.Páramo et al., 2016 Etayo has published in Spanish and English.Fernando Etayo
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.org In 1975, the year Etayo received his PhD degree, he was awarded the Louderbach Memorial Award in Stratigraphy from the University of California, Berkeley. The

ungulate Ungulates ( ) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraff ...

'' Etayoa bacatensis'', found in the

Late Paleocene The Thanetian is, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Thanetian is preceded by the Selandian Age and followed by the Ypresian Age (part ...

Early Eocene In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

Bogotá Formation The Bogotá Formation ( es, Formación Bogotá, E1-2b, Tpb, Pgb) is a geological formation of the Eastern Hills and Bogotá savanna on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly shale and siltstone for ...

south of

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...

, has been named in honour of Etayo.Villarroel, 1987

Formations described by Etayo

Chipaque Formation 2 - Oysters - Sandstone Bed - Chipaque - Cundinamarca

Works

This list is a selection.

Books

* 1994 - ''Estudios geológicos del Valle Superior del Magdalena'' * 1986 - ''Evaluación de los recursos minerales no combustibles de Colombia'' * 1983 - ''Mapa de terrenos geológicos de Colombia'' * 1979 - ''Zonation of the Cretaceous of central Colombia by ammonites''

Articles

* 2009 - ''Bioestratigrafía de la Plancha 210 Guateque'' * 1985 - ''Paleontología estratigráfica del sistema Cretácico en la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy'' * 1979 - ''La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. I. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manantial (Guajira)'' * 1968 - ''El Sistema Cretáceo en la región de Villa de Leiva y zonas próximas'' * 1964 - ''Posición de las faunas en los depósitos cretácicos colombianos y su valor en la subdivisión cronológica de los mismos'' * 1962 - ''Comprobación biométrica de las especies Codakia orbicularis y Codakia orbiculata''

Biography

Formations described by Etayo

Works

Books

Articles

See also