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Oldest South American fossil lizard discovered in Brazil
Publicado em 30 julho 2020
Fossil remains of a novel species of lizard that lived more than 130 million years ago have been found in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has been named Neokotus sanfranciscanus and is the oldest representative of the order Squamata ever found in South America.
Squamates are the largest reptile group, comprising lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians (worm lizards).
The discovery shows that scaled lizards were present on the continent at least 20 million years earlier than previously [...]
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3D reconstruction of craniums elucidates the evolution of New World monkeys
Publicado em 19 junho 2019Cranial fossils belonging to two extinct species of monkey – Caipora bambuiorumand Cartelles coimbrafilhoi – were examined by computed tomography (CT) scan and reconstructed with three-dimensional imaging by a group of scientists from various countries. The fossils were found almost 30 years ago in a cave complex in Bahia, Brazil, located in the Caatinga, a semiarid biome that occupies part of Brazil’s Northeast Region. The images were compared with those of craniums from 14 [...]ver notícia -
Study puts the Neotropics on the map of the world’s food production centers in antiquity
Publicado em 04 dezembro 2018Shell middens are archeological features consisting mainly of the remains of marine animals thrown away near settlements over hundreds or thousands of years. They are the debris of human activity. In Brazil, they are known by the Tupi word sambaqui. The sambaquis were left by people who lived between 8,000 and 1,000 years ago in coastal Atlantic Forest areas, traditionally considered peripheral to South America’s first food production centers in the Andes and the Amazon. A new study, [...]ver notícia