Collection of fossils in the National Museum of Brazil

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 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 Sequeira Fernandes et al., 2014, p.10 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

National Museum of Brazil

References

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