Collection of fossils in the National Museum of Brazil
The National Museum of Brazil collections included an exhibition of fossils.[1]
The current status of the collection is unknown after the fire that destroyed the museum in September 2018.
Image | Name | Age | Period | Origin | Notes |
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Angaturama limai skeleton, indeterminate pterosaur skeleton and a spinosaur sacrum (possibly belonging to Angaturama or Irritator) | 110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Santana Formation | [2] | |
Lambeosaurus skull | 75 Ma | Late Cretaceous | Dinosaur Park Formation | ||
Tyrannosaurus rex skull | 65 Ma | Late Cretaceous | |||
Luzia Woman | 11 ka | Found in Lapa Vermelha IV, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |||
Dinodontosaurus skeleton | 290-225 Ma | Permian-Triassic | Santa Maria Formation | ||
Santanaraptor skeleton | 110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Santana Formation | ||
Saber-toothed cat skeleton | 1.8 Ma | Pleistocene | |||
Odonata fossil | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | [3] | |
Maxakalisaurus topai skeleton (replica) | 80 Ma | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | [4] | |
Pterosaur wing | |||||
Eremotherium skeleton | 1.8 Ma | [5] | |||
Ruffordia goepperti | |||||
Tupandactylus skeleton | 115 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | ||
Tropeognathus mesembrinus skeleton | 110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Santana Formation | ||
Dastilbe crandalli | 105-110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato & Santana Formations | [6] | |
Psaronius brasiliensis | 270 Ma | Permian | Piauí | [7] | |
Spiders | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | [8] | |
Annularia, Asplenites, Bornia, Calamites, Cyclopteris, Equisetites, Glockeria, Hymenophylites, Lepidodendron, Lepidophyllum, Neuropteris, Odontopteris, Pecopteris, Sphenopteris, Sigillaria, Stigmaria, Volkmannia, Woodwardites | Carboniferous | Europe | [9] | ||
Protoischnurus axelrodorum | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | [10] | |
Araripemys barretoi | 110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Santana Formation | [11] | |
Bauruemys elegans | 80 Ma | Late Cretaceous | Presidente Prudente Formation | [12] | |
Beurlenia araripensis | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | [13] | |
Araripichthys castilhoi | 105-110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato & Santana Formations | [14] | |
Stereosternum | 275 Ma | Permian | Irati Formation | [15] | |
Lizard | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | [16] | |
See also
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References
- "Paleontologia" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- Angaturama limai
- Odonata
- Maxakalisaurus topai (replica)
- Eremotherium
- Dastilbe crandalli
- Psaronius brasiliensis
- Spider
- Sequeira Fernandes et al., 2014, p.10
- Protoischnurus axelrodorum
- Araripemys barretoi
- Bauruemys elegans
- Beurlenia araripensis
- Araripichthys castilhoi
- Stereosternum
- Lizard
Bibliography
- Sequeira Fernandes, Antonio Carlos; Marcelo de Araujo Carvalho; Daianne Almeida, and Luciana Witovisk. 2014. O Museu Nacional, suas análises de carvão mineral e a coleção de fósseis vegetais carboníferos no século XIX. Filosofia e História da Biologia 9. 1–18. Accessed 2018-09-06.
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