Robert Hoffstetter

Robert Julien Hoffstetter (11 June 1908 in Fargniers – 29 December 1999 in Gennevilliers) was a French taxonomist and herpetologist who was influential in categorizing reptiles.^[1] He described the snake families Bolyeriidae and Madtsoiidae.

Selected bibliography

• Faune du gisement précolombien d'Anse-Belleville: Reptiles, 1946
• Les mammifères pléistocènes de la république de l'Equateur, 1952
• Notice sur les titres et travaux scientifiques, 1955
• Contribution à l'étude des Orophodontoidea, gravigrades cuirassés de la Patagonie, 1956
• Le gisement de ternifine, 1963
• Historique et géologie, 1963
• Révision des Artiodactyles de l'Eocène moyen de Lissieu (Rhône), 1972
• Rongeurs caviomorphes de l'Oligocène de Bolivie, 1976
• Phylogenie et Paleobiogeographie, 1982

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Paleontology in Colombia

Notable
researchers

After 1900	Brieva Cadena Etayo Hammen Hettner Hoffstetter Jaramillo Páramo De Porta Villarroel
19th century	Cuvier Humboldt

Major
fossiliferous
stratigraphic units

Pleistocene	Sabana Fm. Tibitó Soatá Fm.
Neogene	Barzalosa Fm. Castilletes Fm. Honda Group La Venta Jimol Fm. Uitpa Fm. Ware Fm.
Paleogene	Bogotá Fm. Cerrejón Fm. Cerrejón
Cretaceous	La Frontera Fm. Hiló Fm. Hondita Fm. Oliní Gp. Paja Fm.
Jurassic	Arcabuco Fm. Valle Alto Fm.
Devonian	Cuche Fm. Floresta Fm.

Notable fossils

Pleistocene	Gomphotheres Megatherium
Honda Gp.	Anachlysictis Aramus paludigrus Balanerodus Boreostemma Cebupithecia Colombophis Dracaena colombiana Dukecynus Eunectes stirtoni Galbula hylochoreutes Granastrapotherium Gryposuchus Hilarcotherium Hoazinoides Hondadelphys Huilatherium Lagonimico Langstonia Lycopsis Micodon Miocallicebus Miocochilius Mohanamico Mourasuchus Neotamandua Nuciruptor Patasola Potamosiren Purussaurus Saimiri annectens Saimiri fieldsi Stirtonia Xenastrapotherium
Gualanday Gp.	Colombitherium
Bogotá Fm.	Etayoa
Cerrejón Fm.	Acherontisuchus Anthracosuchus Carbonemys Cerrejonemys Cerrejonisuchus Montrichardia aquatica Puentemys Titanoboa
Oliní Gp.	Eonatator
Hondita Fm.	Pachyrhizodus etayoi Yaguarasaurus
Hiló Fm.	Ammonites
Paja Fm.	Acostasaurus Callawayasaurus Desmatochelys Kronosaurus Leivanectes Leyvachelys Muiscasaurus Padillasaurus Platypterygius Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus
Arcabuco Fm.	Dinosaur tracks
Valle Alto Fm.	Flora
Cuche Fm.	Antarctilamna Asterolepis Bothriolepis Cheiracanthoides Colombialepis Colombiaspis Florestacanthus Holoptychius Pterygotus Strepsodus
Floresta Fm.	Trilobites

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