Porta, Jaime deEtayo Serna, F.2017-03-022017-03-021995http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13404Dr. José Royp y Gómez reached Colombia in 1939; at that time he combined solid field and paleontologic experience which enable him to start a whole new field, that is the analysis of the stratigraphic development of northern South America . Soon after arriving at Bogotá, Dr. Royo y Gómez began the organization of the Museo Geológico; in recognition of this fundamental contribution to the scientific culture of Colombia , this museum bears his namespaAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Fossil vertebratesStratigraphyTertiaryColombiajournal articleopen access