Rodolfo Coria

{{Short description|Argentine paleontologist (born 1959)}}

Rodolfo Aníbal Coria (born in Neuquén June 1, 1959),{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Salgado |first2=Leonardo |date=21 September 1995 |title=A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/377224a0 |journal=Nature |volume=377 |issue=6546 |pages=224–226 |bibcode=1995Natur.377..224C |doi=10.1038/377224a0 |s2cid=30701725 |access-date=5 January 2025|url-access=subscription }} 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.

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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:

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!Year

!Taxon

!Authors

2022

|Elemgasem nubilus gen. et sp. nov.

|Baiano, Pol, Bellardini, Windholz, Cerda, Garrido, & Coria{{Cite journal |last=Baiano |first=Mattia A. |last2=Pol |first2=Diego |last3=Bellardini |first3=Flavio |last4=Windholz |first4=Guillermo J. |last5=Cerda |first5=Ignacio A. |last6=Garrido |first6=Alberto C. |last7=Coria |first7=Rodolfo Aníbal |date=5 September 2022 |editor-last=Button |editor-first=David |title=Elemgasem nubilus : a new brachyrostran abelisaurid (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia, Argentina |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spp2.1462?casa_token=eraZi5uy8CoAAAAA%3Ah5XStj41DqE6oJKVRb6jc7gCg2_6E_bxpBAOL8bq-nlWoW1EcM8SDxjpyrWA6dAE5PtuVvBRmrQ7R7GN |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |language=en |volume=8 |issue=5 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1462 |issn=2056-2799 |access-date=8 March 2025 |via=Wiley Online Library|url-access=subscription }}

2020

|Huinculsaurus montesi gen. et sp. nov.

|Baiano, Coria, & Cau{{Cite journal |last=Baiano |first=Mattia A. |last2=Coria |first2=Rodolfo Aníbal |last3=Cau |first3=Andrea |date=June 2020 |title=A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul Formation (lower Upper Cretaceous, Neuquén Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667119301880?via%3Dihub |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=110 |pages=104408 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104408 |access-date=11 June 2025 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}

2020

|Lajasvenator ascheriae gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria, Currie, Ortega, & Baiano{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Currie |first2=Philip John |last3=Ortega |first3=Francisco |last4=Baiano |first4=Mattia A. |date=July 2020 |title=An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667119303957?casa_token=gVvzUufPxygAAAAA:cksYQ1iMuacR-Vkb05sIL1HC31KOCLFlHjlA7zHTNh9P9Vk5pY0ozH6rV06bcDHoX_yLxHt_0Yk |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=111 |pages=104319 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104319 |access-date=12 March 2025 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription |hdl=11336/122794 |hdl-access=free }}

2019

|Barrosasuchus neuquenianus gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria, Ortega, Arcucci, & Currie{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Ortega |first2=Francisco |last3=Arcucci |first3=Andrea B. |last4=Currie |first4=Philip John |date=March 2019 |title=A new and complete peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from Sierra Barrosa (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667118300831?casa_token=Q99nuS8N4U8AAAAA:vlJRyp1f47JAmjc2ROzDhh9-5qd0cL8-u5rkorRQNnlX-9AliK8qkpVx5vWXza0nfGGgCjGGdjs |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=95 |pages=89–105 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.008 |access-date=9 January 2025 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}

2017

|Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov.

|Salgado, Canudo, Garrido, Moreno-Azanza, Martínez, Coria, & Gasca{{Cite journal |last=Salgado |first=Leonardo |last2=Canudo |first2=José I. |last3=Garrido |first3=Alberto C. |last4=Moreno-Azanza |first4=Miguel |last5=Martínez |first5=Leandro C. A. |last6=Coria |first6=Rodolfo Aníbal |last7=Gasca |first7=José M. |date=16 February 2017 |title=A new primitive Neornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Patagonia with gut contents |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/srep42778 |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=42778 |doi=10.1038/srep42778 |issn=2045-2322 |access-date=3 February 2025 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10366/155668}}

2015

|Edaphodon snowhillensis sp. nov.

|Gouiric-Cavalli, Cabrera, Cione, O'Gorman, Coria, & Fernández{{Cite journal |last=Gouiric-Cavalli |first=Soledad |last2=Cabrera |first2=Daniel A. |last3=Cione |first3=Alberto L. |last4=O'Gorman |first4=José P. |last5=Coria |first5=Rodolfo Aníbal |last6=Fernández |first6=Marta |date=3 September 2015 |title=The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2015.981128?casa_token=S_XAyggMKQEAAAAA%3AhsDhSHDpK4rVHnfb50NH4rx4UP9WD1WzqOOUbhl7u9OHfotcv_yUD69UTUf0k8ciMIzn-lQdV8Qn6Q |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=e981128 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.981128 |issn=0272-4634 |access-date=7 January 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|hdl=11336/53488 |hdl-access=free }}

2002

|Anabisetia saldiviai gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria & Calvo{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Calvo |first2=Jorge O. |date=19 September 2002 |title=A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquen Basin, Patagonia, Argentina |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0503:ANIOFN]2.0.CO;2?casa_token=aGX1GNwou8UAAAAA:03u-lpA_snpT9ppBnLDbR594iX9AuFKlg11FMjCmSQZ2a6Ew3nYSU08Ob94zNUGXcozf0x8NpkYMtg |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=503–509 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0503:ANIOFN]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0272-4634 |access-date=2 February 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}

2002

|Aucasaurus garridoi gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria, Chiappe, & Dingus{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Chiappe |first2=Luis María |last3=Dingus |first3=Lowell |date=8 July 2002 |title=A new close relative of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282002%29022%5B0460%3AANCROC%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=460–465 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0460:ANCROC]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0272-4634 |access-date=15 February 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}

1996

|Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria & Salgado{{Cite journal |last=Coria |first=Rodolfo Aníbal |last2=Salgado |first2=Leonardo |date=19 September 1996 |title=A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1996.10011333 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=445–457 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1996.10011333 |issn=0272-4634 |access-date=5 January 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}

1995

|Giganotosaurus carolinii gen. et sp. nov.

|Coria & Salgado

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