🇧🇷 Brazil

BR
19
Genera
28
Occurrences
4
Formations

Genera found in this country (19)

19 genres
Carcharodontosaurus
143 Ma
Dinosaurs Valid 3 occ.
Carcharodontosaurus
Aeolosaurus
84 Ma
Dinosaurs Valid 2 occ.
Aeolosaurus
Columbosauripus
155 Ma
Dinosaurs Ichnogenus Formal taxon 2 occ.
Columbosauripus
Eubrontes
250 Ma
Dinosaurs Ichnogenus 2 occ.
Eubrontes
Grallator
250 Ma
Dinosaurs Ichnogenus 2 occ.
Grallator
Iguanodontipus
143 Ma
Dinosaurs Ichnogenus Formal taxon 2 occ.
Iguanodontipus

Actualités (5)

A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil
Brazil Cretaceous Dasosaurus Dinosauria Early Cretaceous
A new genus of sauropod dinosaur has been named from Brazil.  It expands the known diversity of Early Cretaceous sauropods in the northern part of South America. In addition, the newly named dinosaur Dasosaurus tocantinensis provides fresh evidence of dinosaur dispersal between Europe, Africa and South America. The scientific paper describing the new taxon was
15/05/2026 everythingdinosaur
Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life
Brazil discovery fossil
Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life. What were once thought to be trails left behind by tiny worm-like creatures are now believed to be fossilized communities of bacteria and algae — some with remarkably preserved cells and organic material still intact.
12/05/2026 sciencedaily-paleo
This 275-million-year-old animal had a twisted jaw like nothing alive today
Brazil dating fossil jaw
Deep in a dried-up riverbed in Brazil, scientists uncovered a bizarre prehistoric mystery—twisted jawbones from a strange, long-lost animal unlike anything seen before. Dating back 275 million years, this creature, named Tanyka amnicola, belonged to an ancient lineage that should have already faded away, making it a kind of “living fossil” of its time.
01/05/2026 sciencedaily
New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores
Brazil Dinosauria fossil jaw new species +3
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur -- an extinct lineage of beaked, herbivorous reptiles -- based on a partial skull and lower jaws recovered from Triassic rocks. The post New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
23/04/2026 sci-news
Irritator: Beast of the Week
Brazil Cretaceous Dinosauria Early Cretaceous Irritator +1
This week's beast is a special dinosaur that helps us understand more about the appearance and lifestyle of its family.  Check out Irritator challengeri!Irritator life reconstruction in watercolor by Christopher DiPiazza.Irritator was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the early Cretaceous period, between 113 and 110 million years ago. From snout to tail it would have measured between 20 and 26 feet (6 and 8 meters) and was a meat-eater when alive.  The genus name, Ir
24/08/2025 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

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Tapuiasaurus
Tapuiasaurus
Brazil museum Tapuiasaurus
Mirischia
Mirischia
Brazil Mirischia scale
Kariridraco
Kariridraco
Brazil Cretaceous drawing
Caupedactylus
Caupedactylus
Brazil Caupedactylus skull
Anhanguera
Anhanguera
Anhanguera Brazil Conway
Anhanguera Brazil Conway
Anhanguera Brazil Conway
Formations géologiques (4)
Sousa 101 Adamantina 76 Serra da Galga 53 Romualdo 51
Plage temporelle
Trias
Jura
Crét.
Paléo.
Néo.
252 201 145 66 0
Groupe géologique · Membre
Bauru 207
Rio do Peixe 155
Santana 65
Itapecuru 40
Rosário do Sul 28
Apodi 16
Ilhas 10
São Bento 10
Areado 9
Caiuá 9
Vale do Carirí 5
Massacará 4
Açu 4 16
Alemoa 14
Nova Olinda 11
Echaporã 10
Açu 3 3
Lower 2
Sapucari 1
Capianga 1
Santa Maria Supersequence 1
Environnements de dépôt
terrestrial indet. 252
alluvial fan 66
lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal 46
fluvial indet. 39
estuary/bay 30
fluvial-lacustrine indet. 23
lacustrine - small 19
marine indet. 19
fluvial-deltaic indet. 18
dune 12
interdune 12
lacustrine - large 11
Principaux collecteurs
G. Leonardi 102
L. I. Price 19
M. A. Medeiros 19
V. Pereira et al. 11
Moraes, Price, Campos, Leonardi 9
I. d. S. Carvalho 8
J. Mawson 8
Price, Bertini, Marshall, Gayet & Brito 6
R. J. Bertini, R. M. Santucci, & A. C. Arruda-Campos 6
dos Santos, Leonardi 6
Activité de collecte par décennie
1850s 3
1890s 7
1900s 6
1910s 4
1920s 11
1930s 1
1940s 25
1950s 8
1960s 4
1970s 108
1980s 51
1990s 55