Guillermo Baltazar Chong Díaz is a Chilean geologist and professor at the Catholic University of the North at Antofagasta, Chile. In 2018 he was named distinguished son (Spanish: hijo ilustre) of Arica.[1] The mineral chongite and the extinct fish Chongichthys are named after him.[2][3]

In 2011, together with Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini and others, Chong Díaz discovered a well-preserved fossilized skull of the family Metriorhynchidae.[4][5] The team determined it to be a specimen of Metriorhynchus westermanni, an extinct marine crocodyliform.[5]

References

  1. ^ Guillermo Chong recibe reconocimiento Hijo Ilustre de Arica
  2. ^ Hallan mineral y lo bautizan “chongite” en honor a científico chileno
  3. ^ Arratia, Gloria (1982). "Chongichthys dentatus , new genus and species, from the Late Jurassic of Chile (Pisces: Teleostei: Chongichthyidae, new family)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2 (2): 133–149. doi:10.1080/02724634.1982.10011924. ISSN 0272-4634.
  4. ^ Brandoni de Gasparini, Zulma. "Buscando Reptiles Meso-Cenozoicos desde el Caribe A La Antardida".
  5. ^ a b Fernández, Marta S.; Carabajal, Ariana Paulina; Gasparini, Zulma; Chong Díaz, Guillermo (2011). "A Metriorhynchid Crocodyliform Braincase from Northern Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 369. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..369F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550361. hdl:11336/105053. S2CID 86462234.