The National Museum of Brazil collections included an exhibition of fossils.
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 | ||
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 | ||
Maxakalisaurus topai skeleton (replica) | 80 Ma | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | ||
Pterosaur wing | |||||
Eremotherium skeleton | 1.8 Ma | ||||
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 | ||
Psaronius brasiliensis | 270 Ma | Permian | Piauí | ||
Spiders | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | ||
Annularia, Asplenites, Bornia, Calamites, Cyclopteris, Equisetites, Glockeria, Hymenophylites, Lepidodendron, Lepidophyllum, Neuropteris, Odontopteris, Pecopteris, Sphenopteris, Sigillaria, Stigmaria, Volkmannia, Woodwardites | Carboniferous | Europe | |||
Protoischnurus axelrodorum | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | ||
Araripemys barretoi | 110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Santana Formation | ||
Bauruemys elegans | 80 Ma | Late Cretaceous | Presidente Prudente Formation | ||
Beurlenia araripensis | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | ||
Araripichthys castilhoi | 105-110 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato & Santana Formations | ||
Stereosternum | 275 Ma | Permian | Irati Formation | ||
Lizard | 105 Ma | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation |
See also
References
- "Paleontologia" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- "Angaturama limai". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Odonata". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Maxakalisaurus topai (replica)". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Eremotherium". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Dastilbe crandalli". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Psaronius brasiliensis". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Spider". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- Sequeira Fernandes et al., 2014, p.10
- "Protoischnurus axelrodorum". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Araripemys barretoi". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Bauruemys elegans". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Beurlenia araripensis". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Araripichthys castilhoi". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Stereosternum". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Lizard". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
Bibliography
- Sequeira Fernandes, Antonio Carlos; de Araujo Carvalho, Marcelo; Almeida, Daianne; Witovisk, Luciana (2014), "O Museu Nacional, suas análises de carvão mineral e a coleção de fósseis vegetais carboníferos no século XIX" (PDF), Filosofia e História da Biologia, 9: 1–18, retrieved 2018-09-06
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