Juan José Rustán
CIPAL - CICTERRA (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - CONICET)
Av. Vélez Sársfield 299
5000, Córdoba,
Argentina
and
Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Universidad Nacional de La Rioja
Av. René Favalor
s/n 5300- La Rioja
Argentina
Juan José Rustán graduated in Law (2000) from Catholic University of Córdoba (Córdoba province, Argentina), and later (2006) received a Licenciature in Biology with orientation in Paleontology at University of La Plata (Buenos Aires province). At present (2011), he is granted by CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) for concluding his PhD thesis (Geological Sciences) on Devonian trilobites from Argentina, at National University of Córdoba. Together with his PhD advisor, N. Emilio Vaccari, he also teachs Paleontology at University of La Rioja (La Rioja province). He is particularly interested in systematic, phylogenetic, biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic aspects of Devonian trilobites, and his scientific contributions are focused in western Gondwanan faunas of the Malvinokaffric Realm.
N. Emilio Vaccari
CIPAL - CICTERRA (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - CONICET)
Av. Vélez Sársfield 299
5000, Córdoba
Argentina
and
Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Universidad Nacional de La Rioja
Av. René Favaloro
s/n 5300- La Rioja
Argentina
N. Emilio Vaccari is professor of paleontology of the National University of La Rioja, Argentina and researcher of CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina). Geologist (1987) and PhD in Geological Sciences (1994), from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. He is author or co-author of numerous contributions on systematic, phylogeny, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of Lower and Middle Paleozoic trilobites, mainly focused on South American faunas.
