Francisco Lucas Roselli

Francisco Lucas Roselli
Born	Francisco Lucas Roselli (1902-10-18)October 18, 1902 Carmelo, Uruguay
Died	November 22, 1987(1987-11-22) (aged 85)
Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Roselli

Francisco Lucas Roselli (Carmelo, 18 October 1902 - 22 November 1987) was a Uruguayan palaeontologist and archaeologist, mainly active in Colonia Department. ^[1]

Selected works

• 1938: Apuntes de geologia y paleontologia uruguayas y sobre insectos del Cretáceo del Uruguay o descubrimientos de admirables instintos constructivos de esa época. Boletin de la Sociedad Amigos de la Ciencias naturales “Kraglievich-Fontana, 1, 29-102.
• 1976: Contribución al estudio de la geopaleontología: departamentos de Colonia y Soriano (República Oriental del Uruguay).
• 1976: Fiandraia romeii. Un nuevo interesante notoungulado (Typotheria-Mammalia) de edad Friasense, de Nueva Palmira, Uruguay.
• 1987: Paleoicnología: nidos de insectos fósiles de la cobertura Mesozoica del Uruguay. Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Nueva Palmira, 1(1), 1-56.

Roselli was a honorary member of the Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay.

He helped establish the Municipal Museum of Nueva Palmira with his whole collection. After passing away, in 1989 the museum was given his name.

References

1. Genise, Jorge F.; Bown, Thomas M. (1 January 1995). "Memorial". Ichnos (in Spanish). 3 (4): 311–312. doi:10.1080/10420949509386401. ISSN   1042-0940 . Retrieved 4 June 2020.