Leonardo Salgado

Leonardo Salgado is an Argentine palaeontologist with a special interest in dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period and other investigations of the palaeobiology of fossil bearing geological formations. Salgado is the leading or coauthor of several taxa, notably the large carnivorous species, Giganotosaurus carolinii, discovered in Patagonia.[1][2]

Below is a list of taxa that Salgado has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
1996 Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis gen. et sp. nov. Coria & Salgado[3]
1995 Giganotosaurus carolinii gen. et sp. nov. Coria & Salgado[2]

References

  1. ^ "Leonardo SALGADO - Diccionario de científicos argentinos Dra. Cecilia Grierson". Cientificos argentinos. CAICYT. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Coria, Rodolfo Aníbal; Salgado, Leonardo (September 1995). "A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia". Nature. 377 (6546): 224–226. doi:10.1038/377224a0. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. ^ Coria, Rodolfo Aníbal; Salgado, Leonardo (19 September 1996). "A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16 (3): 445–457. doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011333. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.