Felipe Mendez

Felipe Méndez (* around 1908 in San Juan, Argentina) was a successful Argentine amateur paleontologist.

He took as his brother Juan Méndez as knowledgeable local collector of paleontological finds in the April-November 1926 held in Argentina 2 Captain Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition in part. The purpose of this expedition of Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago was collecting fossil specimens in the Argentine province of Catamarca. The expedition was very successful, and new species such as Stahleckeria were found there. Other participants were leaders of the expedition and photographer Elmer S. Riggs, Rudolf Stahlecker and Robert C. Thorne.