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)