Collection_of_fossils_in_the_National_Museum_of_Brazil Knowpia

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.

Name	Age	Period	Origin	Notes
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]
		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]

References edit

^ "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 edit

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.

[1] "Paleontologia" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[2] Angaturama limai

[3] Odonata

[4] Maxakalisaurus topai (replica)

[5] Eremotherium

[6] Dastilbe crandalli

[7] Psaronius brasiliensis

[8] Spider

[Sequeira2014_p10-9] Sequeira Fernandes et al., 2014, p.10

[10] Protoischnurus axelrodorum

[11] Araripemys barretoi

[12] Bauruemys elegans

[13] Beurlenia araripensis

[14] Araripichthys castilhoi

[15] Stereosternum

[16] Lizard

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