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Aug 14, 1929 Buenos Aires, Argentina Died on 13 Mar 1992 (aged 62)
Argentine paleontologist
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About Osvaldo Reig
- Osvaldo Alfredo Reig, (14 August 1929 – 13 March 1992), was an Argentine biologist and paleontologist.
- He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- He made numerous contributions in the fields of paleontology and biological evolution.
- He studied at the Universidad de La Plata, but did not complete his studies.
- Later he worked at the University of Buenos Aires in the Department of Biological Sciences working with the biological evolution of mammals.
- In 1966 he began work at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
- He worked for almost fifteen years at the Central University of Venezuela and the Simón Bolívar University.
- In 1973 he received his PhD in Zoology and Paleontology from the University of London.
- Among the important papers he authored was the description of Herrerasaurus, one of the earliest dinosaurs known.
- Reig died in 1992.
