Fernando Novas Explained

Fernando Emilio Novas (born 1960) is an Argentine paleontologist working for the Comparative Anatomy Department of the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1] Novas holds a PhD in Natural sciences.

Working for the CONICET, he described or co-described many dinosaurs, among them Abelisaurus, Aniksosaurus, Aragosaurus, Austroraptor, Chilesaurus, Megaraptor, Neuquenraptor, Orkoraptor, Patagonykus, Unenlagia, Araucanoraptor, Skorpiovenator, Tyrannotitan, Talenkauen, and Puertasaurus, most from the Patagonia region of Argentina. Chilesaurus diegosuarezi ^[2] made the cover of Nature magazine on June 18, 2015.^[3] In 2023 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma for his work in Paleontology in the last decade.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/N/Novas/1.html Novas, Fernando E.
2. 10.1038/nature14307. An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile. Nature. 2015. Novas . F. E. . Salgado . L. . Suárez . M. . Agnolín . F. L. . Ezcurra . M. N. D. . Chimento . N. S. R. . de la Cruz . R. . Isasi . M. P. . Vargas . A. O. . Rubilar-Rogers . D. . 25915021 . 522 . 7556. 331–4. 2015Natur.522..331N. 4407531.
3. An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile. 10.1038/nature14307. 2015. Novas. Fernando E.. Salgado. Leonardo. Suárez. Manuel. Agnolín. Federico L.. Ezcurra. Martín D.. Chimento. Nicolás R.. de la Cruz. Rita. Isasi. Marcelo P.. Vargas. Alexander O.. Rubilar-Rogers. David. Nature. 522. 7556. 331–334. 25915021. 2015Natur.522..331N . 4407531.
4. Web site: 2023-05-15. Fundación Konex. 2 May 2023. es. Premios Konex 2023: Ciencia y Tecnología. Ya se conocen los Diplomas al Mérito. fundacionkonex.org.