Dr. Fernando Etayo | |
|---|---|
| Fernando Etayo Serna | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Education | Universidad Nacional de Colombia (MSc.) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Biostratigraphical research, Cretaceous ammonites of Colombia, definitions of geologic formations |
| Awards | Louderbach Memorial Award in Stratigraphy (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, geophysics, palaeontology, stratigraphy |
| Institutions | INGEOMINAS |
| Thesis | Zonation of the Cretaceous of Central Colombia by ammonites (1975) |
Fernando Etayo Serna is a Colombian paleontologist and geologist. His contributions on the paleontology in Colombia has been mainly on the descriptions of ammonites and Etayo has helped describing many fossiliferous geologic formations of Colombia. Etayo obtained his MSc. degree in geology and geophysics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 1963, and his PhD in paleontology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975.[1]