Angel Cabrera y Latorre, Spanish-born Argentine zoologist and paleontologist (Madrid 19 February 1879 – La Plata 07 July 1960)
ACHIEVEMENTS
World authority on mammalogy and zoological nomenclature
Created the term mastozoology for defining mammalian research (1922)
Formulated the law of ecological incompatibility
DESCRIBED
One genus (Atelocynus 1940), 10 species and 31 subspecies in Living Mammalia (only valid taxa)
The avian subspecie Galerida theklae aguirrei 1922
Fossil Mammalia
Aspidocalyptus 1939
Brandmayria 1936
Chasicotherium 1931 with Kraglievich
Coscinocercus 1939
Cullinia 1931 with Kraglievich
Elassotherium 1939
Epecuenia 1939
Exaeretodon 1943
Habromeryx 1929
Hemixotodon 1931 with Kraglievich
Lycopsis 1927
Macrauchenidia 1939
Megatheridium 1929
Morenocetus 1926
Notiomastodon 1929
Oreailurus 1940
Paratrigodon 1931 with Kraglievich
Phlyctaenopyga 1944
Phoberodon 1926
Typotheriopsis 1931 with Kraglievich
Other fossil genera
Gyrolepidoides 1944 & Haplospondylus 1927 (Fishes)
Pelorocephalus 1944 (Amphibia)
Aristonectes 1941 (Reptilia)
Notopamphagopsis 1928 (Orthoptera)
HONORS
Subgenus Cabreramops Ibañez 1980 (Mammalia; Chiroptera)
Genus Angelocabrerus Simpson 1970 (Fossil Mammalia)