Summary
Fernando Etayo Serna is a Colombian paleontologist and geologist. His contributions on the paleontology in Colombia has been mainly on the descriptions of ammonites and Etayo has helped describing many fossiliferous geologic formations of Colombia. Etayo obtained his MSc. degree in geology and geophysics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 1963, and his PhD in paleontology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975.[1]
Dr. Fernando Etayo | |
|---|---|
| Fernando Etayo Serna | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Education | Universidad Nacional de Colombia (MSc.) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Biostratigraphical research, Cretaceous ammonites of Colombia, definitions of geologic formations |
| Awards | Louderbach Memorial Award in Stratigraphy (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, geophysics, palaeontology, stratigraphy |
| Institutions | INGEOMINAS |
| Thesis | Zonation of the Cretaceous of Central Colombia by ammonites (1975) |
Biography edit
In 1962, Etayo Serna published his first work about the species Codakia orbicularis and Codakia orbiculata.[2][3] He has defined many geologic formations of Colombia in the 1960s and 1970s.
Etayo, together with fellow paleontologist María Páramo, collaborated in describing the first dinosaur fossil found in Colombia, Padillasaurus from the Paja Formation, close to Villa de Leyva, Boyacá.[4][5] His work has been focused on the descriptions of the various ammonites found in the same formation.[6] He also co-authored the 2016 publication about Stenorhynchosaurus munozi, found in the same formation.[7]
Etayo has published in Spanish and English.[8] In 1975, the year Etayo received his PhD degree, he was awarded the Louderbach Memorial Award in Stratigraphy from the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
The ungulate Etayoa bacatensis, found in the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Bogotá Formation south of Bogotá, has been named in honour of Etayo.[9]
Formations described by Etayo edit
Works edit
This list is a selection.[1][3][8]
Books edit
- 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 edit
- 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
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae Fernando Etayo
- ^ (in Spanish) Etayo, 1962, Codakia orbicularis & Codakia orbiculata[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae 2 Fernando Etayo[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carballido et al., 2015
- ^ (in Spanish) Este es el Padillasaurus, el primer dinosaurio colombiano - El Tiempo
- ^ (in Spanish) Científicos descubren el primer dinosaurio en suelo colombiano - Scientific American
- ^ Páramo et al., 2016
- ^ a b Fernando Etayo at WorldCat.org
- ^ Villarroel, 1987
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.64
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.23
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.48
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.47
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.63
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.54
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.45
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.33
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.44
- ^ a b Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.32
- ^ a b Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.22
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.42
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.38
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.62
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.41
- ^ Acosta & Ulloa, 2002, p.39
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.31
- ^ a b Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.30
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.29
- ^ Rodríguez & Solano, 2000, p.28
Bibliography edit
- Acosta Garay, Jorge E., and Carlos E. Ulloa Melo. 2002. Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa, 1–108. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-05.
- 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, 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.
- Rodríguez Parra, Antonio José, and Orlando Solano Silva. 2000. Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Boyacá - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa, 1–120. INGEOMINAS.
- Villarroel A., Carlos. 1987. Características y afinadas de Etayoa n. gen., tipo de una nueva familia de Xenungulata (Mammalia) del Paleoceno Medio (?) de Colombia. Comunicaciones Paleontológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 19. 241–254. Accessed 2017-06-01.
Notable works by Etayo edit
- Etayo Serna, Fernando, and Gonzalo Carrillo Castillo. 1996. Bioestratigrafía del cretácico mediante Macrofósiles en la Sección El Ocal, Valle Superior del Magdalena, Colombia. Geología Colombiana 20. 81–92. Accessed 2017-06-01.
- Etayo Serna, Fernando. 1983. Mapa de terrenos geológicos de Colombia, 1–235. El Instituto.
- Terraza, Roberto; Diana Montoya; Germán Reyes; Giovanni Moreno; Jaime Fúquen; Eliana Torres Jaimes; Myriam López Cardona; Álvaro Nivia Guevara, and Fernando Etayo Serna. 2013. Geología de la Plancha 229 - Gachalá - 1:100,000, 1–296. Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Accessed 2017-08-04. Archived 6 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
Maps edit
- Renzoni, Giancarlo; Humberto Rosas, and Fernando Etayo Serna. 1998. Plancha 191 - Tunja - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
- Buitrago, José Alberto; Roberto Terraza M., and Fernando Etayo. 1998. Plancha 228 - Santafé de Bogotá Noreste - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Profile of Fernando Etayo Serna