LABORATORIO Y MUSEO DE DINOSAURIOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD

NACIONAL DE CUYO: FUNDACIÓN, HISTORIA Y DESCUBRIMIENTOS

CIENTÍFICOS

BERNARDO J. GONZÁLEZ RIGA, LEONARDO D. ORTIZ DAVID, MARÍA BELÉN TOMASELLI, JUAN PEDRO CORIA y CLAUDIO MERCADO

Resumen. Las investigaciones paleoherpetológicas en la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza) se iniciaron en el año 2012 con el desarrollo del Laboratorio y Museo de Dinosaurios, el cual fue creado por Bernardo González Riga, recibiendo el apoyo de las autoridades de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Este “Laboratorio y Museo” desarrolla cuatro aspectos claves que se potencian entre sí: investigación, docencia universitaria, protección del patrimonio paleontológico y extensión social. Fue gestionado y construido por un equipo de investigadores, profesores, técnicos y estudiantes, destacándose el rol protagónico de L. Ortiz David, J. P. Coria, M.B. Tomaselli, C. Mercado y G. Sánchez Tiviroli. Para ello se desarrolló un trabajo colaborativo y solidario, teniendo como misión hacer ciencia y acercarla a la sociedad. Las investigaciones se centran en Sistemática, Filogenia, Paleoecología y Tafonomía de dinosaurios y pterosaurios, así también como en Icnología relacionada con aspectos anatómicos. Entre los descubrimientos más significativos se encuentran los primeros dinosaurios saurópodos de Mendoza: Mendozasaurus, Malarguesaurus, Quetecsaurus y Notocolossus, siendo este último uno de los dinosaurios más grandes del mundo. Asimismo, se destacan otros dos excepcionales descubrimientos: el pterosaurio más grande de América del Sur y el primer yacimiento de huellas fósiles de dinosaurios de Mendoza, el cual posee ca. 400 icnitas. Este yacimiento ha sido objeto durante 14 años de numerosas gestiones y labores en terreno para su protección, denominándose hoy Parque Cretácico Huellas de Dinosaurios de Malargüe. La formación del primer equipo mendocino especializado en dinosaurios contribuyó a la paleoherpetología argentina.

Palabras clave. Mendoza. Paleoherpetología. Dinosauria. Notocolossus. Protección Patrimonial.

Abstract. LABORATORY AND MUSEUM OF DINOSAURS OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CUYO: FOUNDATION, HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. The paleoherpetological research at the National University of Cuyo (Mendoza) began in 2012 with the development of the Laboratory and Museum of Dinosaurs, which was created by Bernardo González Riga, receiving the support of the authorities of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. This “Laboratory and Museum” develop four key aspects that enrich each other: research, university teaching, protection of paleontological heritage and social extension. It is managed and built by a team of researchers, teachers, technicians and students, highlighting the leading role of L. Ortiz David, J. P. Coria, M.B. Tomaselli, C. Mercado and G. Sánchez Tiviroli. For this, a collaborative and supportive work is developed, having as a mission to do science and bring it closer to society. The researchers focused on Systematics, Phylogeny, Paleoecology and Taphonomy of dinosaurs and pterosaurs, and ichnological analyses related with anatomical aspects, as well. Among the most significant discoveries carried out before and during the development of the Laboratory and Museum are the first sauropod dinosaurs from Mendoza Province: Mendozasaurus, Malarguesaurus, Quetecsaurus and Notocolossus, the latter being one of the largest dinosaurs discovered in the world. Likewise, in the South of Mendoza other two exceptional discoveries were made: the largest pterosaur recorded in South America and the first dinosaur footprints quarry of Mendoza, which has ca. 400 ichnites. This ichnological quarry has been studied and protected for 14 years, following the aim to become this discovery in a natural park known today Cretaceous Park of Dinosaur Footprints of Malargüe. In Mendoza, the formation of the first team specialized in dinosaurs contributes to Argentine paleoherpetology.

Key words. Mendoza. Paleoherpetology. Dinosauria. Notocolossus. Heritage protection.

Paper: (13) (PDF) LABORATORIO Y MUSEO DE DINOSAURIOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO: FUNDACIÓN, HISTORIA Y DESCUBRIMIENTOS CIENTÍFICOS (researchgate.net)

Figura 4. Saurópodos titanosaurios del Cretácico de Mendoza descubiertos por B. González Riga, equipo y colaboradores. 1, Trabajos de excavación de Mendozasaurus neguyelap en el año 1999 (M. Bourguet y B. González Riga). 2, Vértebra cervical de Mendozasaurus en vista anterior. Escala 10 cm

(IANIGLA-PV 076/1). 3, Excavación de Mendozasaurus en el año 1998 (colaboradores: S. González Riga, A. Santini y F. Fernández Favarón). 4, Descubrimiento y excavación de un pie articulado y completo de Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi, uno de los dinosaurios más grandes del mundo (B. González Riga, UNCUYO-LD 302). 5, Trabajos de medición sobre el húmero de Notocolossus (176 cm de largo) durante su excavación en el año 2009 (González Riga y L. Ortiz David, UNCUYO-LD 301). 6, Pie articulado y completo de Notocolossus caracterizado por sus anchos y robustos metatarsos. 7, Vértebra dorsal del gigantesco Notocolossus (UNCUYO-LD 301). 8, Trabajo de campo en un nuevo titanosaurio excepcionalmente preservado en la sección superior de la Formación Plottier (espécimen A, UNCUYO-LD 304). 9, Traslado de un bloque con fósiles en el Laboratorio y Museo de Dinosaurios, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. 10, Pie completo y articulado (espécimen B, UNCUYO-LD 313) hallado en la Formación Plottier.

Paleobiology allows us to understand the physiology and behavior of animals. This is key to analyze evolution, genetic and phylogenetic aspects, and adaptations to the environment. Here, through a microscopic study, key aspects can be known.

    Paper 

González, R., Cerda, I., Perez Moreno, A., Calvo, J., Gonzalez Riga, B. 2023. Paleobiology of Rinconsaurus caudamirus and Muyelensaurus pecheni (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Neuquen Group, Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: inferences from long bone histology. Cretaceous Research 153, 105682.

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(13) (PDF) Paleobiology of Rinconsaurus caudamirus and Muyelensaurus pecheni (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: inferences from long bone histology (researchgate.net)

abstract 

Titanosauria is the most successful and diverse clade of sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with some of the largest and smallest sauropod species known to date. Rinconsaurus caudamirus and Muyelensaurus pecheni were two small-sized titanosaurs recollected from the Neuquen Group (Upper Cretaceous) of
Argentina. The bone remains of both specimens include axial and appendicular elements corresponding to several individuals. These taxa have been anatomically and phylogenetically studied, but did not analyzed from paleohistological viewpoint yet. This contribution focuses on the description of the long bone histology of both species including several aspects of its paleobiology. For this, thin transverse sections were made at the diaphysis level and were analyzed under microscope. The histology of M. pecheni and R. caudamirus shows a uniform bone microstructure similar to other titanosaurs, with changes in bone tissue types being mostly related to the different life story. The major difference between the taxa is in the type of bone matrix. Whereas woven fibered bone predominates in the cortex of M. pecheni, R. caudamirus shows parallel-fibered bone. The presence of this last primary tissue is consistent with the reduced size of R. caudamirus. The long bone histology of M. pecheni resembles that of large basal neosauropods. Contrary to the reported for other noesauropods, the data obtained in this study does not reveal a correlation between the ontogenetic stage and the body size in R. caudamirus and M. pecheni. Finally, as was mentioned previously to others titanosaurs, both specimens show a high rate of secondary remodeling.

Fig. 7. Bone microstructure of the left femur of Rinconsaurus caudamirus MAU-Pv-RS-92. (A) Outer cortex showing parallel-fibered bone. Polarized light with lambda compensator. (B) Detail of a single annulus in the outer cortex. Normal transmitted light. (C) Abundant secondary osteons in the mid cortex. Polarized light with lambda compensator. (D) Remains of primary parallel-fibered bone between the secondary osteons. Polarized light with lambda compensator. (E) Inner cortex composed of dense Haversian bone tissue. Normal transmitted light. (F) Two generations of overlapping secondary osteons. Normal transmitted light. Abbreviations: an: annulus; cvc: circumferential vascular canal; pfm: parallel fibered matrix; po: primary osteon; rca: resorption cavity; so: secondary osteon. Scale bars: A, B; DeG ¼ 0.2 mm; C ¼ 0.3 mm.

DISCOVERIES / DESCUBRIMIENTOS

 New species described by PhD. Bernardo Gonzalez Riga

Dinosaurios, tortugas y pterosaurios (16 especies)

·         Chucarosaurus diripienda Agnolin, Gonzalez Riga, Aranciaga, Rozadilla, Motta, Chimento, Novas. 2023.

 

·         Arackar licanantay Rubilar-Rogers, Vargas, González Riga, Soto-Acuña, Alarcón-Muñoz, Iriarte-Díaz, Arévalo, Gutstein, 2021

 

·         Tanatosdraskon amaru Ortiz David, González Riga, Kellner, 2022.

 

·         Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi, Ibiricu, Casal, Luna, Canale, Alvarez, Gonzalez Riga, 2019.

 

·         Baalsaurus mansillai, Calvo y González Riga, 2019.

 

·         Mendozachelys wichmanni de la Fuente, M., Maniel, I., Jannello, J.M., Sterli, J., González Riga, B., Novas, F. 2016. 

 

·         Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi González Riga, Lamanna, Ortiz David, Calvo and Coria 2016.

 

·         Quetecsaurus rusconii González Riga and Ortiz David 2014.

 

·         Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria, González Riga and Casadio 2012.

 

·         Malarguesaurus florenciae González Riga, Previtera and Pirrone 2009.

 

·         Futalongkosaurus dukei Calvo, Porfiri, González Riga and Kellner 2007.

 

·         Muyelensaurus pecheni Calvo, González Riga and Porfiri 2007.

 

·         Ligabuesaurus leanzai Bonaparte, González Riga and Apesteguía 2006.

 

·         Linderochelys riocolodoensis Calvo, Gonzalez Riga, Porfiri, 2003.

 

·         Rinconsaurus caudamirus Calvo and González Riga 2003.

 

·         Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga 2003.

 

Ichnospecies

 

§  Teratopodus malarguensis Tomaselli, Ortiz David, González Riga, Coria,  Mercado, Guerra, Sanchez Tirivoli 2022

 

§  Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga and Calvo 2009.

 

§  Cubiculum levis Pirrone, Batois y González Riga 2014

 

 

Clados

 

§  Colossosauria González Riga, B.J, Lamanna, M.C., Otero, A., Ortiz David, L.D., Kellner, A.W.A., Ibiricu, L. M.  2019

 

§  Rinconsauria Calvo, González Riga, Porfiri, 2007

 

§  Lonkosauria Calvo, Gonzalez Riga, Kellner, Porfiri 2007

Taphonomy, new perspectives: a chapter in a book of sauropods.

Taphonomy: Overview and New Perspectives Related to the Paleobiology of Giants 

Bernardo J. González Riga, Gabriel A. Casal, Anthony R. Fiorillo, and Leonardo D. Ortiz David

 Abstract Most taphonomy studies of South American sauropodomorphs have addressed extrinsic factors such as sedimentary environments, bone dispersal, and mineralogical processes that occurred during fossil diagenesis. These studies provide important data on the taphonomic modes which are associated with bone accumulations in different paleoenvironmental contexts. However, these analyses have generally not considered intrinsic factors like the shape, size, and structural integrity of the skeletal elements, variables that can produce some taphonomic bias. Sauropodomorphs include dinosaurs of highly varied sizes, ranging from small (less than 8 m long) to remarkably giant forms (around 30 m long). In the largest sauropods, such as the huge titanosaurs, very incomplete skeletons are commonly found and most notably skull and articulated pedes rarely are preserved. We focus here on some intrinsic anatomical factors as they relate to articulation in some key parts of the skeletons. Further, this study suggests that the preservation of fragile portions of sauropodomorph skeletons was possible only under specific combinations of sedimentological and biological processes. 

Keyword Taphonomy · Sauropoda · Extrinsic factors · Taphonomic modes · South America

1 Introduction 

Taphonomy is the study of all biotic and abiotic factors that influence the preservation of organismal remains after death (Behrensmeyer and Kidwell 1985; Behrensmeyer et al. 2000). Fiorillo and Eberth (2004) succinctly point out that ‘Taphonomic factors remove or modify information about living organisms and assemblages (e.g., soft tissue decomposition, bone dispersal) and therefore create a biased picture of their biology and environmental and ecological associations.’ Dinosaur taphonomy, then, is a multidisciplinary science with diverse aims and applications (Lyman 1994). In many regions of the world. taphonomy studies have had a relatively important multidisciplinary development. These studies typically include sedimentologists and paleontologists combining their expertise to understand the origin of fossil assemblages (Behrensmeyer and Kidwell 1985; Fastovsky et al. 1997; Eberth et al. 2001; Rogers et al. 2001; Fiorillo and Eberth 2004; Moore and Norman 2009; Csiki et al. 2010; Orr et al. 2016; Botfalvai et al. 2017). In South America, taphonomic studies have increased in recent years, incorporating new methods and techniques, but they fall short with respect to the growing and numerous discoveries of new species of sauropodomorphs. This is particularly unfortunate given that the last few decades have seen a tremendous growth in discoveries of new taxa of sauropods (Martínez et al. 2016; González Riga et al. 2016, 2019; Carballido et al. 2017). Further, given the enormous body size of many of these dinosaurs, in this chapter we explore how sauropods can provide unique insights into taphonomic processes that smaller-bodied vertebrates, including other dinosaurian clades, cannot offer. This is particularly evident in the examples of large, massive animals with skeletons 30 m long that cannot be covered by most fluvial sedimentary processes. This report will provide an overview that highlights the insights gained by studying such an unusual group of dinosaurs. In South America, most taphonomic studies of Triassic and Jurassic dinosaurs are focused on whole vertebrate assemblages, including some paleoecological aspects related to the increase of abundance, diversity, and body size of sauropodomorphs from the Late Triassic onwards (Martínez et al. 2011, 2013). Some taphonomic reviews focus on taphonomic modes (sensu Behrensmeyer 1988; Behrensmeyer and Hook 1992) and sedimentary environments (Colombi et al. 2012, 2017; Otero et al. 2019a). The Cretaceous fossil record from this continent includes 71 known and valid sauropod species, most of them titanosaurians. Recent studies on sauropod occurrences have included information about the preservational processes (i.e., biostratinomy, fossil diagenesis), and in some cases, the characterization of taphonomic modes, such as in the case of Mendozasaurus neguyelap (González Riga et al. 2007), Bonitasaura salgadoi (Pérez et al. 2009), Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis (Casal et al. 2014a), and Pilmatueia faundezi (Pino et al. 2021). Additionally, important taphonomic studies of exceptionally preserved nest, eggs, and embryos have been made in Auca Mahuevo in northern Argentinean Patagonia (Chiappe et al. 1998, 2005; Salgado et al. 2005; García et al. 2010) as well as in Sanagasta in northwestern of Taphonomy: Overview and New Perspectives … 543 Argentina, shedding insights on both paleoenvironmental aspects and the gregarious behavior of sauropods (Fiorelli et al. 2012, 2013). The aim of this chapter is to bring forward primary taphonomic observations that focus specifically on South American Cretaceous sauropodomorphs, including the analysis of some intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to accumulation of large skeletal elements. Moreover, a new nomenclatural code is proposed in the analysis of taphonomic modes, to facilitate their description and understanding with respect to sauropods, and other relatively large no-avian dinosaurs. Lastly, it is important to point out that for the purposes of this study, as most of the case studies we cite are coincident with the now decades long growing appreciation of the value of taphonomic practices to an excavation, we make the assumption that all available bones were excavated, and removal of skeletal elements was not selective

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360169016_Taphonomy_Overview_and_New_Perspectives_Related_to_the_Paleobiology_of_Giants

REFERENCES

Rubilar-Rogers, D.; Vargas, A. O.; González Riga, B.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Alarcón-Muñoz, J.; Iriarte-Díaz, J.; Arévalo, C.; Gutstein, C. S. (2021). Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile. Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104802. 

Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile - ScienceDirect

SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH

2021. Hallan fósiles de una nueva especie de titanosaurio que vivió a fines del Cretácico en la región de Atacama - (conicet.gov.ar)

2021. DIARIO LA NACION. Presentan una nueva especie de dinosaurio chileno: el Arackar licanantay - La Nación (lanacion.cl)

2021. DIARIO CLARIN. Un argentino participó del descubrimiento de una nueva especie de dinosaurio en Chile (clarin.com)

2021. DIARIO PAGINA 12. Bernardo González Riga  | HECHO EN CASA  | Página12 (pagina12.com.ar)

2021. DIARIO LOS ANDES. Gran hallazgo: un mendocino de la UNCuyo descubrió uno de los últimos titanosaurios en Chile | Sociedad (losandes.com.ar)

2021. DIARIO MDZ. Descubren restos de un dinosaurio nunca visto y un argentino participa del estudio - MDZ Online (mdzol.com)

2021. DIARIO VIA PAIS. Histórico hallazgo: mendocino descubre un Titanosaurio en el desierto chileno de Atacama | Vía Mendoza (viapais.com.ar)

Papers' González Riga

Papers' González Riga

González Riga, B.J. 1999b. Hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche, Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 36 (4): 401-410. 

http://www.academia.edu/1512003/Hallazgo_de_vertebrados_f%C3%B3siles_en_la_Formaci%C3%B3n_Loncoche_Cret%C3%A1cico_Superior_de_la_provincia_de_Mendoza_Argentina

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González Riga, B.J. y Casadío, S. 2000. Primer registro de Dinosauria (Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae) para la provincia de La Pampa (Argentina) y sus implicancias paleobiogeográficas. Ameghiniana 37(3): 341-351.

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1853-04002010000200006

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González Riga, B.J. 2003. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Amehginiana 40: 155-172.

http://www.academia.edu/1511993/A_new_titanosaur_Dinosauria_Sauropoda_from_the_Upper_Cretaceous_of_Mendoza_Argentina

Calvo, J.O. y González Riga, B.J. 2003. Rinconsaurus caudamirus gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Geológica de Chile 30 (2): 333-353. 

http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-02082003000200011

González Riga, B.J. 2005. Nuevos restos fósiles de Mendozasaurus neguyelap (Sauropoda: Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Tardío de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42 (3): 535-538.

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0002-70142005000300002

Bonaparte, J.F., González Riga, B.J. y Apesteguía, S. 2006. Ligabuesaurus leanzai nov. gen. et sp., a new titanosaur from the Aptian of Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27 (3): 364-376.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667106000048?np=y&npKey=059f92a2e2e98a77c231cdc487a6aa0e7008187e27966648626ef5c5d8b0b5eb

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Cerdeño, E., González Riga, B.J. y Bordonaro, O. 2006. Hallazgo de mamíferos en la Formación Mariño (Mioceno Medio) en Divisadero Largo (Mendoza, Argentina). Ameghiniana 43 (1): 2005-214.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262476217_Primer_hallazgo_de_mamiferos_en_la_Formacion_Marino_Mioceno_en_Divisadero_Largo_Mendoza_Argentina

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De la Fuente, M., Calvo, J., Gonzalez Riga, B. 2007. A new Cretaceous chelid turtle from the northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 44(2):485-492.

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0002-70142007000200020

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González Riga, B.J. y Astini, R. 2007. Fossil preservation of large titanosaur sauropods in overbank fluvial facies: a case study in the Cretaceous of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 23: 290-303.  

http://www.academia.edu/1504821/Preservation_of_large_titanosaur_sauropods_in_overbank_fluvial_facies_A_case_study_in_the_Cretaceous_of_Argentina

 Calvo, J.O., Porfiri, J.D., González Riga, B.J. y Kellner, A.W.A. 2007. A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 79: 529-541.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652007000300013

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De La Fuente, M, Salgado, L., Albino, A., Báez, A., Bonaparte, J., Calvo, J., Chiappe, L.,  Codorniú, L., Coria, R., Gasparini, Z., González Riga, B.J., Novas, F., y Pol, D. 2007. Tetrápodos continentales del Cretácico de la Argentina: una síntesis actualizada. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, Publicación Especial 11 (ISSN 0328-347X), Ameghiniana 50º Aniversario, pp. 137-153.

http://personal.cricyt.edu.ar/bgonriga/de_la_fuente_et_al.pdf

Calvo, J.O., González Riga, B.J. y Porfiri, J.A. 2007. Muyelensaurus pecheni gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur  sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 65(4): 485-504.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228771469_A_new_titanosaur_sauropod_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_of_Neuquen_Patagonia_Argentina

Calvo, J.O., Porfiri, J.D., González Riga, B.J. y Kellner, A.W.A. 2007. Anatomy of Futalognkosaurus dukei Calvo, Porfiri, Gonzalez Riga & Kellner, 2007 (Dinosauria, Titanosauridae) from the Neuquén Group (Late Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 65(4):511-526.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237289209_Anatomy_of_Futalognkosaurus_dukei_Calvo_Porfiri_Gonzalez_Riga_Kellner_2007_Dinosauria_Titanosauridae_from_the_Neuquen_Group_Late_Cretaceous_Patagonia_Argentina

González Riga, B.J., Calvo, J.O. y Porfiri, J. 2008. An articulated titanosaur from Patagonia (Argentina): new evidences of the pedal evolution. Palaeoworld (Elsevier) 17: 33-40.

http://personal.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/bgonriga/gonzalez.riga-calvo-porfiri.2008.pdf

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Previtera, M.E. y González Riga, B.J. 2008. Primer hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche (Cretácico Superior) en el área de Calmu-Co, Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 45 (2): 349-359.

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0002-70142008000200008

González Riga, B.J. y Calvo, J. 2009 A new wide-gauge Sauropod track site from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Palaeontology 52(3): 631-640.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00869.x/full

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González Riga, B.J., Previtera, E. y Pirrone, C. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosaurioa, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30: 135-148.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667108000864

González Riga, B.J. 2011. Speeds and stance of titanosaur sauropods: analysis of Titanopodus tracks from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 83(1): 279-290.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652011000100016

Pramparo, M., Cione, A.L., y González Riga, B.J. 2014. Sharks (Neoselachii) and palynomorphs from Mendoza (Argentina): new evidences of the Atlantic marine transgression of the Late Cretaceous. Alcheringa 38(2): 177-189.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2014.849027?src=recsys&

Coria, R., González Riga, B.J. y Casadio, S. 2012. Un nuevo hadrosáurido (dinosauria, Ornithopoda) de la Formación Allen, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49(4): 552-572.

http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/viewFile/487/1614

Casal, G., Martinez, R., Iribicu, L., González Riga, B.J. y Foix, N. 2013. Tafonomía y contexto paleoambiental del dinosaurio terópodo Anikosaurus darwini, Cretácico Superior de Patagonia (Argentina): análisis sobre comportamiento gregario y tejidos blandos. Ameghiniana 50 (6): 571 – 592.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260420501_Tafonomia_y_contexto_paleoambiental_del_dinosaurio_teropodo_Anikosaurus_darwini_Cretacico_Superior_de_Patagonia_Argentina_analisis_sobre_comportamiento_gregario_y_tejidos_blandos

González Riga, B.J. y Ortiz David, L. 2014. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cerro Lisandro Formation) of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 51(1): 3-25.

https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84900407439&origin=inward&txGid=63E4FFC16306E3BD69EF0C8CEC6806B5.wsnAw8kcdt7IPYLO0V48gA%3a10

Casal, G. Ibiricu, L., J. Allard., Martinez, R., Luna, M., y González Riga, B.J. 2014. Tafonomía del titanosaurio Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis, Cretácico Superior, Patagonia central, Argentina: un ejemplo de preservación en facies fluviales de desbordamiento. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 31(2): 163-173.

http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/rmcg/v31n2/v31n2a2.pdf

Pirrone, C., Batois, L., y González Riga, B.J. 2014. A new ichnospecies of Cubiculum from Upper Cretaceous dinosaur bones in western Argentina. Ichnos 21: 1-10.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2014.958225

Faria, C C., González Riga, B.J., Marinho, T.S., Muniz, F.P.; Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira, P., Medeiros Simbras, F., Castanho, R.B., Candeiro, C.R., Ortiz David, L. 2015. Cretaceous sauropod diversity and taxonomic succession in South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 61:154-163.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269112668_Cretaceous_sauropod_diversity_and_taxonomic_succession_in_South_America

González Riga, B.J., Ortiz David, L., Tomaselli, B., Candeiro, R., Coria, J.P., y Pramparo, M. 2015. Sauropod and theropod dinosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza (Argentina): Trackmakers and anatomical aspects.  Journal of South American Earth Sciences 61: 134-141.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981114001606

González Riga, B.J., Lamanna, M., Ortiz David, L., Calvo, J., Coria, J. 2016. A gigantic new titanosaurian dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot. Scientific Reports 6: 19165.

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19165#f1

de la Fuente, M. Maniel, I., Jannello, J.M., Sterli, J., Gonzalez Riga, B., Novas, F. 2016. A new large panchelid turtle (Pleurodira) from the Loncoche Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of the Mendoza Province (Argentina): Morphological, osteohistological studies, and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis. Cretaceous Research 69 (2017) 147-168.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667116302245

Agnolin, F., Gonzalez Riga, B., Aranciaga, A., Rozadilla, S., Motta, M., Chimento, N., Novas, F. 2023. A new gigant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research Volume 146, 105487.

 

González Riga, B.J., Ortiz David, L.D., Tomaselli, M.B., Coria, J.P. 2022.  Laboratorio y Museo de Dinosaurios de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo: fundación, historia y descubrimientos científicos. En: Gasparini, Z.; Salgado, L.; Desojo, J. (Eds.). Paleoherpetología en la Argentina: 150 años de historia. Paleontología Electrónica 22(1): 132-147.

 

Ortiz David, L, Gonzalez Riga, B. J., kellner, A. 2022. Thanatosdrakon amaru, gen. et sp. nov., a giant azhdarchid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Cretaceous Research: 137, 105228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105228.

 

Rubilar-Rogers, D.; Vargas, A. O.; González Riga, B.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Alarcón-Muñoz, J.; Iriarte-Díaz, J.; Arévalo, C.; Gutstein, C. S. 2021. «Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile». Cretaceous Research: 104802. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104802

 

Tomaselli, M.B.; Ortiz David, L.D.; González Riga, B.J. 2021a. Paleoenvironmental contexts of South American Cretaceous sauropod tracks. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 110: 103393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103393

 

Tomaselli, M.B.; Ortiz David, L.D.; González Riga, B.J.; Coria, J.P.; Mercado, C.R.; Guerra, M.; Sánchez Tiviroli, G. 2021b. New titanosaurian sauropod tracks with exceptionally well-preserved claw impressions from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 129: 104990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104990

 

Special articles in books

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González Riga, B.J. 2002. Dinosaurs and environments from the Cretaceous of the Province of Mendoza, Argentina. En: D. Trombotto y R. Villalba (editores),  IANIGLA, 30 años de investigación básica y aplicada en ciencias ambientales, ISBN: 987-43-4545-4, Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET, 197-202 pp., Mendoza.

http://www.academia.edu/1512008/Dinosaurs_and_environments_from_the_Cretaceous_of_the_Province_of_Mendoza_Argentina

González Riga, B.J., Calvo, J.O., y Previtera, E. 2009. Taphonomic analyses of titanosaur sauropods from the Neuquén Basin (Argentina) and their implications in systematic studies. EN: Colectivo Arqueológico y Paleontológico de Salas, C.A.S. (eds.), IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su entorno, 235-241. Burgos, España. 

http://www.academia.edu/1537430/Taphonomic_analyses_of_titanosaur_sauropods_from_the_Neuqu%C3%A9n_Basin_Argentina_and_their_implications_in_systematic_studies

González Riga, B.J. 2010. Paleobiology of South American titanosaurs. IN: J.Calvo, J.Porfiri, B. Gonzalez Riga and D. Dos Santos editors). Paleontología y dinosaurios desde America Latina, EDIUNC, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (ISCN 978-950-39-0265-3), PP. 125-141.

http://www.academia.edu/1504835/Paleobiology_of_South_American_titanosaurs

Calvo, O., Porfiri, J., Pol, D., González Riga, B.J., de la Fuente, M., y Rougier, G.W. 2011. Vertebrados continentales mesozoicos. EN: Relatorio de la Provincia del Neuquén. XVIII Congreso Geológico Argentino, 1: 539-556.

http://www.academia.edu/1537403/Vertebrados_continentales_mesozoicos

Editor of books

 

2011. Paleobiology of South American titanosaurs. IN: J.Calvo, J.Porfiri, B. Gonzalez Riga and D. Dos Santos (editors). Paleontología y dinosaurios desde América Latina, EDIUNC, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (ISCN 978-950-39-0265-3), PP. 260.

 

2016-actualidad. Es Editor Asociado de la Revista Anais Da Academia brasileira de Ciencias, Brasil.

 

2021. Editor Responsable del libro Los Vertebrados Fósiles, publicado por la Fundación Félix de Azara, Buenos Aires. Comprende 45 capitulos distribuidos en 3 volumenes, a cargo de 62 autores convocados por el Dr. Gonzalez Riga. (obra en desarrollo).

 

Chapters of books 

González Riga, B.J., Casal, G., Fiorillo, A., Ortiz David, L.D., 2022. Taphonomy: overview and new perspectives related to the paleobiology of giants (Chapter 15). In: South American Sauropodomorph dinosaurs: record, diversity and evolution. Otero, A., Carballido, J.L., Pol, D. (Eds.). Springer Earth System Sciences, pp. 299-391.

 

Gallina, P.A., González Riga, B.J., Ortiz David, L.D., 2022. A second time for giants: titanosaurs from the Aptian-Santonian age (Chapter 9). In: South American Sauropodomorph dinosaurs: record, diversity and evolution. Otero, A., Carballido, J.L., Pol, D. (Eds.). Springer Earth System Sciences, pp. 299-391.

 

Calvo, J.O.; González Riga, B.J.; Apesteguía, S.; Tomaselli, M.B. 2022. Sauropod Ichnology: Overview and new research lines from a South American perspective (Chapter 14). In: Otero, A.; Carballido, J.L.; Pol, D. (Eds.). South American Sauropodomorph dinosaurs: record, diversity and evolution. Springer Earth System Sciences, pp. 503–540.

 

González Riga, B. J. 2020. Enseñar ciencia haciendo ciencia. En R. Piezzi y M. Tovar (Compiladores), Historia de un proyecto transgerenacional: las ciencias básicas en la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, pp. 81–93.

 

Calvo, O., Porfiri, J., Pol, D., González Riga, B.J., de la Fuente, M., Rougier, G.W. 2011. Vertebrados continentales mesozoicos. IN: Relatorio de la Provincia del Neuquén. XVIII Congreso Geológico Argentino: 539-556.

 

González Riga, B.J. 2010. Paleobiology of South American titanosaurs. IN: J. Calvo, J.Porfiri, B. Gonzalez Riga and D. Dos Santos (eds), Paleontología y dinosaurios desde America Latina, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (ISCN 978-950-39-0265-3), pp. 125-141.

 

González Riga, B.J., Calvo, J.O., Previtera, E. 2009. E. Taphonomic analyses of titanosaur sauropods from the Neuquén Basin (Argentina) and their implications in systematic studies. IN: Colectivo Arqueológico y Paleontológico de Salas, C.A.S. (eds.), IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su entorno: 235-241.

 

González Riga, B.J. 2002. Dinosaurs and environments from the Cretaceous of the Province of Mendoza, Argentina. IN: D. Trombotto y R. Villalba (editors),  IANIGLA, 30 años de investigación básica y aplicada en ciencias ambientales, ISBN: 987-43-4545-4, Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET, pp. 197-202.