Jorge Orlando Calvo (27 April 1961 – 10 January 2023)Pesar en Neuquén por la muerte del paleontólogo Jorge Calvo
was an Argentine

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and History of Earth, history of Earth. Geologists incorporate techniques from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and geography to perform research in the Field research, ...

and

paleontologist Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...

working for "Centro de Investigaciones Paleontológicas Lago Barreales" (National University of Comahue).

Life and career

Jorge Orlando Calvo was born in

Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province an ...

, on 27 April 1961. He was a professor in Geology and Paleontology at the

National University of Comahue The National University of Comahue (, UNCNavarro, Fernando A. ''. Tremédica, Asociación Internacional de Traductores y Redactores de Medicina y Ciencias Afines/UNCoPortal de Prensa de la Uncoma, Universidad Nacional del Comahue'/Uncoma) is an ...

Neuquén Neuquén (; ) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which form t ...

. He was one of the founders of the Geology Career (2010) at this university as well as the Director of the Barreales Lake Paleontological Center. Calvo became a geologist in 1986 and in 1991 he won a

Fulbright scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...

to do a Master in Paleontological Sciences (1992) at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

Chicago, USA Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

, getting his degree in 1994. In 2006, he earned his PhD degree at the

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (, UFRJ) is a public university, public research university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the country and is one of the Brazilian centers of excellence in teaching and r ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Calvo devoted his life to the discovering, digging and studying of Vertebrate Paleontology. He was the first palaeontologist to live and work in the Neuquén province. He was both author and co-author of many discoveries of his own about new taxa in dinosaurs, birds, crocodiles, frogs, turtles, eggs and dinosaur tracks. Calvo was the first palaeontologist to have helped develop not only the Paleontological Science in Norpatagonia (1987), but also the Paleontological Tourism. He was the founder of the Geology and Paleontology Museum of the

(1990), the Paleontological Museum of Rincón de los Sauces (2000) and the Barreales Lake Paleontological Center (2002). As a researcher of the National University of Comahue, he was the Director of more than 15 national and international research projects led from institutions such as Conicet, Agencia Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia and Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Argentina), Duke Foundation of United States, Dinosaur Society of America,

National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural sc ...

, etc. Calvo was the director of theses for graduates, masters and PhD students. He published more than 88 scientific papers and more than 60 in non-specialist magazines. He also read more than 135 papers and lectures at Congresses of the specialty worldwide. Calvo was invited to lecture on dinosaurs from Norpatagonia in different cities of Argentina, Brazil,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

. He was also a coordinator in more than 25 events of paleontological shows, exhibitions and Interactive museums. He both described and co-described many species: * '' Andesaurus delgadoi'' Calvo & Bonaparte, 1991 * '' Picunichnus benedettoi'' Calvo, 1991 (a) * '' Sauropodichnus giganteus'' Calvo, 1991 (a) * '' Sousaichnium monetae'' Calvo, 1991 (a) * '' Deferrariischnium mapuchensis'' Calvo, 1991 (a) * '' Limayichnus major'' Calvo, 1991 (a) * '' Neuquenornis volans'' Chiappe & Calvo, 1994 * ''

Limaysaurus tessonei ''Limaysaurus'' ("Limay lizard") is a genus represented by a single species of Rebbachisauridae, rebbachisaurid Sauropoda, sauropod dinosaurs, which lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 99.6 to 94 million years ago, in the Cenomanian, in ...

'' Calvo & Salgado, 1995 (b) * '' Megaloolithus patagonicus'' Calvo, Engelland, Heredia & Salgado, 1997 (c) * '' Avitabatrachus uliana'' Báez, Trueb & Calvo, 2000 * '' Araripesuchus patagonicus'' Ortega, Gasparini, Buscalioni & Calvo, 2000 * '' Anabisetia saldiviai'' Coria & Calvo, 2002 * '' Rinconsaurus caudamirus'' Calvo & González Riga, 2003 * '' Unenlagia paynemili'' Calvo, Porfiri & Kellner, 2004 * '' Ekrixinatosaurus novasi'' Calvo, Rubillar-Rogers & Moreno, 2004 * '' Puertasaurus reuili'' Novas, Salgado, Calvo & Agnolin, 2005 * '' Pehuenchesuchus enderi'' Turner & Calvo, 2005 * '' Futalognkosaurus dukei'' Calvo, Porfiri, González Riga & Kellner, 2007 * ''

Neuquensuchus universitas ''Neuquensuchus'' (meaning "Neuquén crocodile", referring to the city) is an extinct genus of crocodyliform from the Santonian-age Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina. The known remains were discovered on ...

'' Fiorelli & Calvo, 2007 * '' Muyelensaurus pecheni'' Calvo, González Riga & Porfiri, 2007 * '' Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus'' Calvo, Porfiri & Novas, 2007 * '' Linderochelys rinconensis'' De la Fuente, Calvo & Gonzalez Riga, 2007 * '' Austroraptor cabazai'' Novas, Pol, Canale, Porfiri & Calvo, 2009 *
Titanopodus mendozensis
' Gonzalez Riga & Calvo, 2009 * '' Panamericansaurus schroederi'' Calvo & Porfiri, 2010 * '' Willinakaqe salitralensis'' R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. A. Haro, L. E. Fiorelli & J. O. Calvo, 2010 * '' Pamparaptor micros'' J. D. Porfiri, J. O. Calvo and D. Dos Santos, 2011 * '' Leufuichthys minimus'' Gallo, Calvo & Kellner, 2011 * '' Traukutitan eocaudata'' Juárez Valieri & Calvo, 2011 * '' Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi'' B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo & J. P. Coria, 2016 He died on 10 January 2023, aged 61, in

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

References

(a) Calvo, J.O. 1991. Huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano) Picún Leufú. Provincia del Neuquén . Argentina. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Saurópoda-Terópoda) Ameghiniana, 28 (3-4): 241–258. (b) Calvo, J. O. y L. Salgado, 1995. Rebbachisaurus tessonei sp. nov. a new sauropod of the Albian-Cenomanian of Argentina; new evidence on the origin of the Diplodocidae. GAIA 11:13-33. (c) Calvo, J.O.; Engelland, S.; Heredia, S. Salgado, L. 1997. First record of dinosaur eggshells (?Sauropoda-Megaloolithidae) from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. GAIA Portugal. 14:23-32.

External links

Publicaciones del Dr. Jorge Orlando Calvo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvo, Jorge O. 1961 births 2023 deaths Argentine paleontologists National University of Córdoba alumni Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni University of Illinois alumni Academic staff of the National University of Comahue People from Córdoba, Argentina Zoologists with author abbreviations