Paleontology

Paleontology

Hell ant found in the Brazilian Northeast is the oldest in the world

Insect lived 113 million years ago and had a vertical jaw, unlike current species

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Paleontology

X-ray of an ancient organism

X-ray analysis shows that the first animals with skeletons, which lived 55 million years ago, were elongated and tubular

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Paleontology

The Brazilian cradle of dinosaurs

New ancient dinosaur discovered in Rio Grande do Sul

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Paleoecology

The Atlantic Forest in layers

Research on microalgae in southern São Paulo reveals how an old lake transformed into a swamp

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Paleontology

Fossil helps understand how bird brains evolved

Skull from dinosaurs' time is exceptionally well preserved

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Paleontology

When and where were the first animals in South America?

Western Mato Grosso do Sul, eastern Santa Catarina, and northern Minas Gerais were home to complex organisms between 575 million and 530 million years ago

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Evolution

The eardrum may have saved reptiles from mass extinction

The tympanic membrane in the inner ear emerged in a common ancestor of lizards, crocodiles, alligators, snakes, turtles, and birds 250 million years ago

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Fossils

Dinosaur precursor prepared for bipedal running

Dinosaur precursor had skeletal features that paved the way for bipedal running

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Paleontology

Glyptodont barbecue

Fossil marks suggest humans ate animals around 21,000 years ago

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Retrospect

Brazil’s first fossils were believed to be from monsters

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, scientific analyses began to displace the religious view of the animals that lived millions of years prior

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Paleontology

Fossilized feces contain traces of parasites that can still infect animals

Fossilized feces contain traces of parasites that can still infect animals

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PALEONTOLOGY

Biomechanics used to infer how titanosaurs moved

Newly described species lived around 110 million years ago in what may have been the last land bridge between Brazil and Africa

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Paleontology

Marsupial nursery

Large marsupial lived in Itaboraí (Rio de Janeiro) 55 million years ago

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PALEONTOLOGY

Marks left by insects on rhynchosaurus bones indicate underground activity

Marks left by insects on rhynchosaurus bones indicate underground activity

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PALEONTOLOGY

Another donation to Brazil’s National Museum

Brazilian National Museum receives donation of 1,104 fossils from the Araripe basin in Northeast Brazil

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Research Itineraries

At the right time

Syrian paleontologist Wafa Adel Alhalabi arrived in Brazil as a refugee, having fled the war in her home country. Now at USP, Ribeirão Preto campus, she is studying fossils from her homeland

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Indigenous peoples made engravings alongside dinosaur footprints

Indigenous peoples carved marks next to dinosaur footprints in Paraíba

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Zoology

The explosive evolution of snakes

A combination of genetic, ecological, and morphological data reveals the secrets of success behind these legless reptiles

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Paleontology

Plentiful hunting in the rivers

Turtle fossil found in a mine in the Madeira River basin belonged to one of the largest species ever described

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Paleontology

Fossil lineage found in Rio Grande do Sul survived the world’s biggest extinction event

Predator lived 252 million years ago and had relatives in the region of present-day Eastern Europe, in what is now Russia

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Paleontology

The injured paw of a saber-toothed tiger

Fossil with signs of infection indicates that the animal, which lived around 100,000 years ago, probably struggled to move and hunt

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Paleontology

Animals millions of years old in Acre

Diversity of fauna millions of years old in Acre is greater than previously thought

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Fossil

Plants? No, turtles

Fossils identified as leaves were actually baby sea turtles

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Electronic engineering

Carnaúba: an X-ray supermicroscope

The longest light beamline of Sirius in Campinas, São Paulo State, provides details on fossil histories, interaction of plants with the soil, and impurities in diamonds

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Paleontology

An iberian pterosaur

Lusognathus almadrava is the first species of winged reptile described in Portugal, with Brazilian participation

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EVOLUTION

The long history of bees

The pollinating insects are estimated to have appeared 120 million years ago on the Western Gondwana supercontinent, formed by what is currently South America and Africa

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Paleontology

Pterosaur ancestor had a beak

230 million years ago, bipedal animal with long fingers surprisingly had a beak

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Paleontology

Hollow bones promoted gigantism in dinosaurs

Fossil helps explain how dinosaurs became giants

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Paleontology

Fossil extends the history of peppers

Chili peppers appear to have existed in North America long before their supposed origin in South America

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PALEONTOLOGY

The ice age in the brazilian pampas

Fossils such as a tibia of a giant sloth, which can measure 60 centimeters, catch the eye amongst the shells on Concheiros beach in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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