Oscar Arredondo

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Oscar Paulino Arredondo de la Mata (born July 18, 1918 in Havana , Cuba , † July 20, 2001 there ), better known as Oscar Arredondo , was a Cuban paleontologist . He is considered the "father of Cuban paleornithology ".

Live and act

Although his birthday is officially given as July 18, 1918, according to Arredondo's mother, the actual date of birth was June 18, 1918. He had six siblings, two sisters and four brothers. In 1927 he went to an elementary school, which he left after the fifth grade in 1932 to go to work and to support the family financially. Arredondo has been fascinated by nature since childhood. He taught himself a lot of knowledge, especially in ornithology . From the beginning, animal life and behavior have been his passion.

From 1936 to 1941 he performed as a tango singer in various Havana theaters. In 1942 he worked in a clothing store and then as a hairdresser for four years. He also worked as a photographer, fruit seller and representative of a theater agency where some of his brothers were employed. In his spare time he read a lot, observed animals and developed an extraordinary talent for drawing. In 1945 Arredondo joined the Cuban Speleological Society. A year later he started his paleontological field work. In 1948 he was hired as a messenger at the Cuban Ministry of Communications, a job he did until his retirement in 1984. In addition, Arredondo devoted himself to the study of extinct vertebrates of Cuba, where he discovered numerous new fossil and sub-fossil species of the Pleistocene and Holocene. In 1939 Arredondo wrote his first scientific article. In the following years he wrote for the journals Bohemia , Carteles , El Cartero Cubano , Lux e Ecos and Poeyana, among others .

Dedication names

The following taxa are named after Arredondo: Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb (1969), Capromys arredondoi Varona & Arredondo (1979) and Solenodon arredondoi Morgan & Ottenwalder (1993).

First descriptions of Arredondo

Subfamilies

  • Mesocninae Arredondo , 1988
  • Ornimegalonyxinae Arredondo

Bird genera

  • Ornimegalonyx Arredondo , 1958
  • Antillovultur Arredondo , 1971 (synonym for Gymnogyps varonai )
  • Gigantohierax O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 2002

Mammalian genera

  • Macrocapromys Arredondo , 1958
  • Neomesocnus Arredondo , 1961
  • Neocnus Arredondo , 1961
  • Cubacyon Arredondo , 1974
  • Paleocapromys Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Brachycapromys Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Stenocapromys Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Indocyon Arredondo , 1981
  • Paralouatta Rivero & Arredondo , 1991
  • Antillothrix MacPhee , Horovitz , Arredondo & Jimènez , 1995
  • Galerocnus Arredondo & Rivero , 1997
  • Paramiocnus O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 2000

Bird species

  • Ornimegalonix oteroi Arredondo , 1958
  • Buteogallus borrasi ( Arredondo , 1970) ( Titanohierax borrasi and Aquila borrasi are synonyms)
  • Antillovultur varonai Arredondo , 1971 (synonym for Gymnogyps varonai )
  • Tyto noeli Arredondo , 1972
  • Tyto riveroi Arredondo , 1972
  • Ornimegalonix gigas Arredondo , 1982
  • Ornimegalonix minor Arredondo , 1982
  • Ornimegalonix acevedoi Arredondo , 1982
  • Bubo osvaldoi Arredondo & Olson , 1994
  • Oscaravis olsoni O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 2002 ( Teratornis olsoni is a synonym)
  • Gigantohierax suarezi O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 2002

Mammal species

  • Geocapromys pleistocenicus Arredondo , 1958
  • Capromys (Macrocapromys) acevedoi ( Arredondo , 1958)
  • Neomesocnus brevirostris Arredondo , 1961
  • Neocnus major Arredondo , 1961
  • Neocnus minor Arredondo , 1961
  • Nesophontes submicrus Arredondo , 1970
  • Nesophontes major Arredondo , 1970
  • Cubacyon transversidens Arredondo , 1974 (In contrast to Arredondo, Storrs L. Olson considers this taxon to be a domestic dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ))
  • Mesocnus herrerai Arredondo , 1977
  • Geocapromys megas ( Varona & Arredondo , 1979)
  • Capromys (Paleocapromys) latus Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Paleocapromys) antiquus Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Paleocapromys) robustus Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Brachycapromys) jaumei Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Stenocapromys) gracilis Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Mesocapromys) kraglievichi Varona & Arredondo , 1979 ( Capromys (Mesocapromys) barbouri Varona & Arredondo , 1979 is a synonym)
  • Capromys (Pigmaeocapromys) minimus Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Pigmeocapromys) delicatus Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Pigmeocapromys) beatrizae Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Capromys (Pigmeocapromys) silvai Varona & Arredondo , 1979
  • Indocyon caribensis Arredondo , 1981
  • Ateles anthropomorphus ( Arredondo & Varona , 1983)
  • Cuban monkey, Paralouatta varonai Rivero & Arredondo , 1984
  • Galerocnus jaimezi Arredondo & Rivero , 1997
  • Neocnus amplus O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 1999
  • Paramiocnus riveroi O. Arredondo & C. Arredondo , 2000

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Suárez and Storrs L. Olson: A New Genus for The Cuban Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (1): p. 103-116. 2009

literature

  • James Wiley: Obituary Oscar Arredondo (1918-2001) In: Ornitologia Neotropical 18: p. 149–154, 2007. The Neotropical Ornithological Society (Spanish) ( Online ; PDF; 577 kB)

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personal data
SURNAME Arredondo, Oscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arredondo de la Mata, Oscar Paulino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban paleontologist and paleornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH 18 July 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 2001
Place of death Havana , Cuba