Pampean megamammals in Europe: the fossil collections from Santiago Roth

作者：Damián Voglino, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Heinz Furrer, Ana Balcarcel, Gizéh Rangel‐de Lázaro, Gabriel Aguirre Fernández, Analía M. Forasiepi · 发表于：Swiss Journal of Palaeontology · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1186/s13358-023-00283-5 · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology、Evolution and Paleontology Studies、History of Science and Natural History

Santiago Roth was a Swiss fossil finder, naturalist, and paleontologist that emigrated to Argentina in 1866. His work largely influenced the discipline in the country at the end of the twentieth century, particularly the stratigraphy of the Pampean region. Some of his collections of Pampean fossils were sold to museums and private collectors in Europe and were accompanied by elaborated catalogues. Fossils in the Roth's catalogues N° 2 and 3 are housed today in the Natural History Museum of Denmark, fossils from catalogues N° 4 to 6, were sold to Swiss museums, with Catalogue N° 5 currently housed at the Department of Paleontology, Universität Zürich. Here, we provide a general framework on the stratigraphy from the Roth's Pampean fossil sites, summarize the history of the Pampean fossils in Europe originally collected by Roth, and provide historical and curatorial details of the Roth's collection at the Department of Paleontology, Universität Zürich. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13358-023-00283-5.