Eduardo Aldo Musacchio, Argentine micropaleontologist and stratigrapher (Mendoza 09 November 1940 – Prahuanieyu, Rio Negro Province 18 May 2011)

Found the first well-documented Cretaceous fructification of genus Nitella

Upper Cretaceous Lychnothamnus, Nitella and Tolypella (Charophyta) from Zampal, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 31(5):461-72, 2010

DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA

Ostracoda

Genera / Subgenera

Alleniella 1991 with Simeoni

Huilicythere 1979

Neuquenocypris 1973

Protoneuquenocypris 1991 with Simeoni

Rayosoana 1975 with Chebli

Wolburgiopsis 1979 with Uliana

Species

Altanicypris australis 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Aracajuia lestai 1978

Bisulcocypris barrancalensis 1975 with Chebli

Brasacypris fulfaroi 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Brasacypris morigerata 1973

Cypridea americana 1975 with Chebli

Cypridea australis 1971

Cypridea craigi 1975

Cypridea cymerata 1971

Cypridea feruglioi 1975 with Chebli

Cypridea ludica 1971

Cypridea modesta 1971

Cypridea modestissima 1978

Cypridea ranquiliensis 1975 with Palamarczuk

Cypridea subcuadrata 1971

Cypridea vistalegrensis 1991 with Simeoni

Cypridea volubilis 1971

Cypridopsis (Pionocypris) pasocordobensis 1973

Cytherelloidea agrioensis 1984 with Abramovich

Cytherelloidea amosi 1984 with Abramovich

Cytherelloidea andica 1978

Cytherelloidea argentina 1984 with Abramovich

Cytherelloidea frenguellii 1984 with Abramovich

Cytherelloidea pseudoagyroides 1984 with Abramovich

Cytherelloidea volkheimeri 1984 with Abramovich

Eucytherura leufuensis 1979

Fastigatocythere neuquenensis 1978

Gomphocythere kerrieriensis 1975 with Chebli

Gomphocythere payunensis 1979

Harbinia ulianai 1975 with Palamarczuk

Huilicythere grambasti 1979

Ilyocypris argentiniensis 1991 with Simeoni

Ilyocypris bauruensis 2001 with Simeoni

Ilyocypris carrizoensis 1991 with Simeoni

Ilyocypris rectidorsata 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Ilyocypris riograndensis 1991 with Simeoni

Ilyocypris stembrinopetrii 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Ilyocypris wichmanni 1973

Ilyocypris (Neuquenocypris) calfucurensis 1973

Ilyocypris (Neuquenocypris) pecki 1979

Looneyolopsis chinamuertensis 1975

Neocyprideis zampalensis 1979

Neuquenocypris nahuelniyeuensis 1989

Neuquenocypris soaresi 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Neuquenocypris (Alleniella) tenuipunctata 1991 with Simeoni

Neuquenocypris (Neuquenocypris) loncochensis 1991 with Simeoni

Neuquenocypris (Neuquenocypris) minor 1991 with Simeoni

Neuquenocypris (Protoneuquenocypris) antiqua 1991 with Simeoni

Ovocytheridea rionegrensis 1973

Paralimnocythere hasuii 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Perissocytheridea informalis 1979

Pigafetella maruchoensis 1978

Procytherura kroemmelbeini 1978

Progonocythere neuquenensis 1978

Rayosoana quilimalensis 1975 with Chebli

Rhinocypris diademae 1991 with Simeoni

Rostrocytheridea covuncoensis 1979

Talycypridea suguioi 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Therisynoecum dorsoacuminata 1970

Therisynoecum neuquenensis 1970

Therisynoecum picunleufensis 1970

Triclypella patagonica 1989

Virgatocypris mezzalirai 2001 with Dias-Brito, de Castro, Maranhão, Suarez & Rodrigues

Wolburgia sarugnata 1975 with Palamarczuk

Wolburgiopsis oguitorum 1975 with Palamarczuk

Wolburgiopsis plastica 1970

Wolburgiopsis vicinalis 1979 Uliana

Algae

Genera / Subgenera

Diectochara 1971

Nothochara 1973

Pseudoharrisichara 1973

Species

Diectochara andica 1971

Gobichara (Pseudoharrisichara) groeberi 1978

Gobichara (Pseudoharrisichara) walpurgica 1973

Lychnothamnus (Pseudoharrisichara) tenuis 1973

Mesochara ameghinoi 1973

Mesochara maruchoensis 1986 with Simeoni

Nothochara apiculata 1973

Sphaerochara portezueloensis 1973

Tolypella grambastii 1978

Triclypella patagonica 1989

Foraminifera

Species

Citharina rollerii 1979

Marginulinops picunleufuensis 1980

Nodosaria bettenstaedti 1980

HONORS

Musacchiella Feist & Grambast-Fessard 1984 (Fossil Algae)