Rodolfo Coria


Rodolfo Aníbal Coria, is an Argentine paleontologist.
He is best known for having directed the field study and co-naming of Argentinosaurus in 1993, and Giganotosaurus, in 1996 among other landmark South American dinosaurs, including Mapusaurus, Aucasaurus, and Quilmesaurus. He is a member of the Argentine Paleontological Association, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontological Society and The Explorers Club.
He was a leading researcher at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in Buenos Aires, director of the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul, from its opening in 1984 until 2007, when he joined the National Research Council of Argentina.
He and his work were featured in the movie and the BBC Horizon documentary Extreme Dinosaurs.