Rodolfo Coria

Template:Short description Rodolfo Aníbal Coria (born in Neuquén June 1, 1959),^[1] is an Argentine paleontologist.

He is best known for having directed the field study and co-naming of Argentinosaurus (possibly the world's largest land animal ever) in 1993, and Giganotosaurus (one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores), in 1995 among other landmark South American dinosaurs, including Mapusaurus, Aucasaurus, and Quilmesaurus. He is a member of the Argentine Paleontological Association, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontological Society and The Explorers Club.

Reconstructed skeleton of Giganotosaurus, giant theropod formally described by R. A. Coria in 1995.

He was a leading researcher at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in Buenos Aires, director of the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul (Neuquén Province), from its opening in 1984 until 2007, when he joined the National Research Council of Argentina.

He and his work were featured in the movie Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007) and the BBC Horizon documentary Extreme Dinosaurs (2000).

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

Year	Taxon	Authors
2022	Elemgasem nubilus gen. et sp. nov.	Baiano, Pol, Bellardini, Windholz, Cerda, Garrido, & Coria^[2]
2020	Huinculsaurus montesi gen. et sp. nov.	Baiano, Coria, & Cau^[3]
2020	Lajasvenator ascheriae gen. et sp. nov.	Coria, Currie, Ortega, & Baiano^[4]
2019	Barrosasuchus neuquenianus gen. et sp. nov.	Coria, Ortega, Arcucci, & Currie^[5]
2017	Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov.	Salgado, Canudo, Garrido, Moreno-Azanza, Martínez, Coria, & Gasca^[6]
2015	Edaphodon snowhillensis sp. nov.	Gouiric-Cavalli, Cabrera, Cione, O'Gorman, Coria, & Fernández^[7]
2002	Anabisetia saldiviai gen. et sp. nov.	Coria & Calvo^[8]
2002	Aucasaurus garridoi gen. et sp. nov.	Coria, Chiappe, & Dingus^[9]
1996	Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis gen. et sp. nov.	Coria & Salgado^[10]
1995	Giganotosaurus carolinii gen. et sp. nov.	Coria & Salgado^[1]

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