Arturo Jorge Amos, Argentine geologist and paleontologist (Temperley, Buenos Aires Province 06 March 1927 – Buenos Aires 29 December 1999)

DESCRIBED FOSSIL BRACHIOPODA TAXA

Genus

Sanjuania 1958

Species

Ancillotoechia cooperensis 1971 with Noirat

Azurduya chavelensis 1958

Beecheria patagonica 1958

Eocoelia quebecensis 1963 with Boucot

Leptocoelia nunezi 1963 with Boucot

Lissochonetes jachalensis 1961

Nudirostra cuyana 1961

Reticularia punillana 1958

Sanjuania dorsisulcata 1958

Spirifer chubutensis 1958

Syringothyris feruglioi 1957

HONORS (Fossil)

Amosia Simanauskas 1996 (Brachiopoda)

Amosiceras Sabattini, Riccardi & Pagani 2006 (Cephalopoda)

Amosina Boucot 1975 (Brachiopoda)

Amosius Gonzalez & Waterhouse 2004 (Mollusca)

Amosioxylon Cesari, Archangelsky & Vega 2005 (Plantae)

DID YOU KNOW?

Competed in gymnastics at London Olympic Games (1948)