Juan Tavera

Juan Tavera
Juan Tavera
Born	1917
Died	1991
Nationality	Chilean
Citizenship	Chile
Known for	Study of the formations of Navidad, Arauco and
	Scientific career
Fields	Geology, paleontology
Institutions	University of Chile;

Juan Tavera (1917–1991) was a Chilean geologist and paleontologist. His most important work was on the marine invertebrate fossils of the formations of , and Navidad.^[1] Tavera's work contributed to an increased understanding of the stratigraphy of Chile, for example by defining Ranquil Formation in 1942.^[2]

Along with Charles Darwin, Juan Brüggen and Gustav Steinmann he is one of the prominent geologists to have studied Navidad Formation in Central Chile.^[3]

The species Paulckella taverai is named after him.^[4]

References[]

^ "Museo geológico:Paleontología". Sernageomin.cl. National Geology and Mining Service. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ García A., Floreal (1968). Ceccioni, Giovanni (ed.). El Terciario de Chile Zona Central (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Ediorial Andrés Bello. pp. 25–57.
^ Encinas, Alfonso; Le Roux, Jacobus P.; Buatois, Luis A.; Nielsen, Sven, N.; Finger, Kenneth L.; Fourtanier, Elizabeth; Lavenu, Alain (2006), "New stratigrafic scheme for the Mio-Pliocene marine deposits of the Navidad area (33º00'-34º30'S), central Chile", Revista Geológica de Chile, 33 (2): 221–246, doi:10.4067/S0716-02082006000200002
^ Rubilar R., Alfonso (2014), "ERNESTO PÉREZ D'ANGELO, 1932-2013: Obituario, bibliografía y una lista de los taxones por él descritos", Andean Geology (in Spanish), 41 (1), doi:10.5027/andgeoV41n1-im

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[1] "Museo geológico:Paleontología". Sernageomin.cl. National Geology and Mining Service. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[Garcia1968-2] García A., Floreal (1968). Ceccioni, Giovanni (ed.). El Terciario de Chile Zona Central (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Ediorial Andrés Bello. pp. 25–57.

[Encinas2006navidad-3] Encinas, Alfonso; Le Roux, Jacobus P.; Buatois, Luis A.; Nielsen, Sven, N.; Finger, Kenneth L.; Fourtanier, Elizabeth; Lavenu, Alain (2006), "New stratigrafic scheme for the Mio-Pliocene marine deposits of the Navidad area (33º00'-34º30'S), central Chile", Revista Geológica de Chile, 33 (2): 221–246, doi:10.4067/S0716-02082006000200002

[PerezdAngelo-4] Rubilar R., Alfonso (2014), "ERNESTO PÉREZ D'ANGELO, 1932-2013: Obituario, bibliografía y una lista de los taxones por él descritos", Andean Geology (in Spanish), 41 (1), doi:10.5027/andgeoV41n1-im

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