Biography

Oswaldo Mooser, Swiss / Mexican vertebrate paleontologist (Maienfeld 23 December 1903 – Sankt Gallen 15 July 1983)

Worked at Mexico (1927-1981)

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

Fossil Vertebrata

Mammalia

Species

Aguascalientia wilsoni 1974 with Dalquest

Asinus aguascalentensis 1958

Austrohippus albidens 1968

Bison aguascalentensis 1975 with Dalquest

Camelops traviswhitei 1975 with Dalquest

Canis cedczoensis 1975 with Dalquest

Catagonus brachydontus 1980 with Dalquest

Dinohippus muelleri 1965

Equus (Dolichohippus) mexicanus 1973

Equus parastylidens 1958

Hippotigris ocotensis 1957

Nannippus aztecus 1968

Nannippus hesperides 1968

Neohipparion monias 1963

Neohipparion otomii 1959

Onager arellanoi 1958

Onager (Hesperohippus) hibbardi 1958

Onager (Hesperohippus) oviedoi 1958

Onager zoyatalis 1958

Palaeolama guanajuatensis 1980 with Dalquest

Teleoceras ocotensis 1980 with Dalquest

Tetrameryx tacubayensis 1975 with Dalquest

Reptilia

Species

Gopherus auffenbergi 1972

Gopherus pargensis 1980

Living Lepidoptera

Species

Ceratomia hoffmanni 1942

Erinnyis omorfia 1942

Manduca aztecus 1942

Manduca holcombi 1942

Manduca mayeri 1940

Manduca pacifica 1940

Protoparce hannibal 1939

Protoparce occulta 1939

Sphinx achotla 1944

Sphinx pitzahuac 1947

Subspecies

Speyeria nokomis melaena 1983 with Garcia

Protozoa

Species

Hepatozoon ctenosaurae 1943 with Sokoloff