Jorge O. Calvo
Jorge Orlando Calvo was an Argentine geologist and paleontologist working for "Centro de Investigaciones Paleontológicas Lago Barreales".
Life and career
Jorge Orlando Calvo was born in Córdoba, Argentina, on 27 April 1961. He was a professor in Geology and Paleontology at the National University of Comahue, Neuquén. He was one of the founders of the Geology Career at this university as well as the Director of the Barreales Lake Paleontological Center.Calvo became a geologist in 1986 and in 1991 he won a Fulbright scholarship to do a Master in Paleontological Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, getting his degree in 1994. In 2006, he earned his PhD degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Calvo devoted his life to the discovering, digging and studying of Vertebrate Paleontology. He was the first palaeontologist to live and work in the Neuquén province. He was both author and co-author of many discoveries of his own about new taxa in dinosaurs, birds, crocodiles, frogs, turtles, eggs and dinosaur tracks. Calvo was the first palaeontologist to have helped develop not only the Paleontological Science in Norpatagonia, but also the Paleontological Tourism. He was the founder of the Geology and Paleontology Museum of the National University of Comahue, the Paleontological Museum of Rincón de los Sauces and the Barreales Lake Paleontological Center.
As a researcher of the National University of Comahue, he was the Director of more than 15 national and international research projects led from institutions such as Conicet, Agencia Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia and Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Duke Foundation of United States, Dinosaur Society of America, National Geographic Society, etc.
Calvo was the director of theses for graduates, masters and PhD students. He published more than 88 scientific papers and more than 60 in non-specialist magazines. He also read more than 135 papers and lectures at Congresses of the specialty worldwide.
Calvo was invited to lecture on dinosaurs from Norpatagonia in different cities of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Finland, Romania and Serbia. He was also a coordinator in more than 25 events of paleontological shows, exhibitions and Interactive museums.
He both described and co-described many species:Andesaurus delgadoi Calvo & Bonaparte, 1991Picunichnus benedettoi Calvo, 1991 Sauropodichnus giganteus Calvo, 1991 Sousaichnium monetae Calvo, 1991 Deferrariischnium mapuchensis Calvo, 1991 Limayichnus major Calvo, 1991 Neuquenornis volans Chiappe & Calvo, 1994Limaysaurus tessonei Calvo & Salgado, 1995 Megaloolithus patagonicus Calvo, Engelland, Heredia & Salgado, 1997 Avitabatrachus uliana Báez, Trueb & Calvo, 2000Araripesuchus patagonicus Ortega, Gasparini, Buscalioni & Calvo, 2000Anabisetia saldiviai Coria & Calvo, 2002Rinconsaurus caudamirus Calvo & González Riga, 2003Unenlagia paynemili Calvo, Porfiri & Kellner, 2004Ekrixinatosaurus novasi Calvo, Rubillar-Rogers & Moreno, 2004Puertasaurus reuili Novas, Salgado, Calvo & Agnolin, 2005Pehuenchesuchus enderi Turner & Calvo, 2005Futalognkosaurus dukei Calvo, Porfiri, González Riga & Kellner, 2007Neuquensuchus universitas Fiorelli & Calvo, 2007Muyelensaurus pecheni Calvo, González Riga & Porfiri, 2007Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus Calvo, Porfiri & Novas, 2007Linderochelys rinconensis De la Fuente, Calvo & Gonzalez Riga, 2007Austroraptor cabazai Novas, Pol, Canale, Porfiri & Calvo, 2009 Gonzalez Riga & Calvo, 2009Panamericansaurus schroederi Calvo & Porfiri, 2010Willinakaqe salitralensis R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. A. Haro, L. E. Fiorelli & J. O. Calvo, 2010Pamparaptor micros J. D. Porfiri, J. O. Calvo and D. Dos Santos, 2011Leufuichthys minimus Gallo, Calvo & Kellner, 2011Traukutitan eocaudata Juárez Valieri & Calvo, 2011Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo & J. P. Coria, 2016
He died on 10 January 2023, aged 61, in Neuquén, Argentina.