Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez

Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez (6 March 1901 – 29 June 1957) was an Argentinian vertebrate paleontologist.[1] She has “the distinction of being the first female vertebrate paleontologist in Latin America.”[2]

Biography

Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez was born on 6 March 1901 in La Plata, Argentina. After completing her schooling, she continued her higher studies at La Plata Museum.[3]

In 1927 she did her doctoral thesis on invertebrate paleontology under the mentorship of Ángel Cabrera (1879-1960), who came from Spain, served as head of the department of paleontology in the museum.[2] She later started her professional career at the La Plata Museum.[4]

The major part of her research was conducted between 1927 and 1940. Her research publications were mainly focused on fossil fish and birds.[3][5]

She died in La Plata on 29 June 1957.

Legacy

The Miocene owl Yarquen dolgopolae was named in honor of de Sáez in 2023.[6]

References

Sarjeant, William Antony S. (1980). Geologists and the History of Geology: The individual geologists, A-K. New York: Arno Press. p. 908. ISBN 978-0-405-10469-5. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Berta, Annalisa (27 October 2020). Rebels, Scholars, Explorers: Women in Vertebrate Paleontology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-813-71037-2. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Ogilvie, Marilyn (16 December 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Oxon: Routledge. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Camp, C.L. (1949). Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates. Boulder: Geological Society of America. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-813-71037-2. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Berta 2020, p. 37.
Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico J.; González Ruiz, Laureano (2023-03-06). "An extinct owl (aves: strigidae) from the middle miocene of Patagonia". Historical Biology. 0 (0): 1–6. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2180738. ISSN 0891-2963.

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[1] Sarjeant, William Antony S. (1980). Geologists and the History of Geology: The individual geologists, A-K. New York: Arno Press. p. 908. ISBN 978-0-405-10469-5. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[auto1-2] Berta, Annalisa (27 October 2020). Rebels, Scholars, Explorers: Women in Vertebrate Paleontology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-813-71037-2. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[auto-3] Ogilvie, Marilyn (16 December 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Oxon: Routledge. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[4] Camp, C.L. (1949). Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates. Boulder: Geological Society of America. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-813-71037-2. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[FOOTNOTEBerta202037-5] Berta 2020, p. 37.

[6] Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico J.; González Ruiz, Laureano (2023-03-06). "An extinct owl (aves: strigidae) from the middle miocene of Patagonia". Historical Biology. 0 (0): 1–6. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2180738. ISSN 0891-2963.