Sobre la identidad de Pedro de la Barrera, un personaje presente en la obra del franciscano José Torrubia

Abstract

In his book "Aparato para la Historia Natural española", José Torrubia figures the first findings of Spanish fossils. Pedro de la Barrera, whose identity was unknown, intervined in this discovery. The possibility is discussed that he is in fact the botanist and French doctor Pierre Barrère, author of "Observations sur l'origine et la formation des pierres figurées" (1746)