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Boletim Informativo da SBP Ano 35, n° 73, 2020 · ISSN 1807-2550 PALEO 2019 RELATOS E RESUMOS SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA Presidente: Dr. Renato Pirani Ghilardi (UNESP/Bauru) Vice-Presidente: Dr. Rodrigo Miloni Santucci (UnB) 1ª Secretária: Dra. SoniaMaria Oliveira Agostinho da Silva (UFPE) 2º Secretário: Me. Victor Rodrigues Ribeiro (UNESP/Bauru) 1º Tesoureiro: Me. Marcos César Bissaro Júnior (USP/Ribeirão Preto) 2º Tesoureiro: Dr. Hermínio Ismael de Araújo Junior (UERJ) Diretor de Publicações: Dr. Sandro Marcelo Scheffler (UFRJ) P a l e o n t o l o g i a e m D e s t a q u e Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia Ano 35, n° 73, dezembro/2020 · ISSN 1807-2550 Web: http://www.sbpbrasil.org/, Editores: Sandro Marcelo Scheffler, Maria Izabel Lima de Manes. Agradecimentos: Aos organizadores dos eventos científicos. Capa: Afloramento com pegadas de terópodas nas margens do rio Nioaque, Mato Grosso do Sul, durante trabalho de campo. Foto: Rafael Costa da Silva. 1. Paleontologia 2. Paleobiologia 3. Geociências Distribuído sob a Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons. EDITORIAL As Paleos acontecem anualmente e são encontros promovidos pela Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia com o objetivo de integrar estudantes, pesquisadores, profissionais e entusiastas da paleontologia. Por serem reuniões regionais, contribuem para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas através das trocas estabelecidas entre os participantes, além de unir diferentes instituições em prol da ciência. O Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia traz todo ano uma compilação dos resumos apresentados nas Paleos como forma de registrar e conservar a memória desses eventos que são tão importantes para a ciência brasileira. No ano de 2019, 186 trabalhos foram apresentados nos seis eventos nacionais (Paleo SP, Paleo MG, Paleo Nordeste, Paleo PR/SC, Paleo RJ/ES e Paleo RS), reunindo centenas de participantes, o que mais uma vez os atribuiu grande sucesso. Neste boletim os trabalhos abordam diferentes idades, do Paleozoico ao Quaternário, apresentam conceitos e métodos, bem como temas transversais à paleontologia, como educação e divulgação científica. Antes de começar a leitura, separamos os relatos dos organizadores de cada evento, destacando suas singularidades e revelando os registros desses momentos de integração. Parabéns a todos os envolvidos por mais um ano de bons resultados! Equipe Editorial RELATOS DE 2019 Paleo Nordeste COMISSÃO CIENTÍFICA Me. Jefferson de Souza Lima UFPE (Presidente da comissão) Me. Rudah Ruano Cavalcanti Duque UFPE Dra. Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto UFPE Dr. Édison Vicente Oliveira UFPE Dra. Ludmila Alves cadeira do Prado UFPE Dra. Priscilla Albuquerque Pereira UFRPE Dr. Luiz Ricardo da Silva Lôbo UFPE Dr. David Holanda de Oliveira UFPB Dra. Luana Cardoso de Andrade UFPE Dra. Paula Andrea Sucerquia Rendón UFPE Dr. Paulo Victor de Oliveira UFPI Dr. Celso Lira Ximenes PETROBRAS Dra. Karla Janaisa Gonçalves Leite UFC Dra. Maria Edenilce Peixoto Batista URCA Dra. Cynthia Lara de Castro Manso UFS Dr. Anderson da Conceição Santos Sobral UNIT Dra. Maria Somália Sales Viana UVA Dr. Gustavo Ribeiro de Oliveira UFRPE Dr. Francisco Rony Gomes Barroso UFC Dra. Carolina Saldanha Scherer UFRB Dra. Márcia Cristina da Silva UFAL Dr. Márcio Mendes UFC Dr. Manuel Alfredo Araújo Medeiros UFMA Dr. Jorge Luiz Lopes da Silva UFAL A Reunião Anual Regional da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia – Paleo Ne 2019 ocorreu na cidade de Maceió de 02 a 05 de dezembro no Museu de História Natural da Universidade Federal de Alagoas. O evento foi organizado pela equipe do Setor de Geologia e Paleontologia do MHN-UFAL, coordenado pelo Prof. Dr. Jorge Luiz Lopes da Silva e contou com o apoio financeiro da SBP e da FAPEAL. A PaleoNE-2019 contou com a participação de estudantes, professores e pesquisadores de toda a região nordeste e de outros estados do país. Dispôs de diversas palestras com temas variados no âmbito da paleontologia, exposição de trabalhos orais e sessão pôsteres, minicursos, pesquisadores homenageados, concurso de paleorte e apresentações culturais. Realizou-se uma mesa-redonda com o tema Paleontologia & Mineração, com objetivo de refletir sobre a necessidade de encontrar formas de conciliar a atividade mineira e a preservação do patrimônio paleontológico. Durante o evento foi debatido a criação do Núcleo NE, diante da relevância do patrimônio paleontológico nordestino e do aumento de pesquisadores atuando na região. O Nordeste possui diversos sítios paleontológicos de grande relevância em nível nacional e mundial e a interação de pesquisadores das instituições de toda a região foi de suma importância para a troca de informações e conhecimento das pesquisas em andamento. Na logo, guerreiro alagoano é um folguedo criado no estado, que surgiu nos anos de 1920. Esse folguedo fala da chegada do Messias e homenageia os Três Reis Magos. Ele é o mais frequente nas festas populares, com vários personagens sob o comando do Mestre, com seu incrível chapéu feito de fitas, espelhos, contas de aljôfar e enfeites, em formato de igrejas, palácios e catedrais. Ainda tem a fachada do Museu de História Natural de Alagoas na base, além das cores da bandeira alagoana. Comissão Organizadora Minicurso de paleoarte com o Me. Helder da Rocha. Minicurso de Tafonomia com o Me. Jefferson Lima e a Dra. Ludmila Prado. Apresentação cultural do grupo de percussão Sessão de abertura com o prof. Jorge Luiz. Coração de Mainha de Maceió. Salão Nobre do MHN onde ocorreu as atividades, na Palestra do prof. Álamo da URCA. plateia participantes e convidados. Participantes chegando para o credenciamento. Apresentação da Dra. Márcia Polck (ANM-RJ) durante a mesa-redonda Paleontologia & Mineração. Paleo Paraná/Santa Catarina COMISSÃO ORGANIZADORA Dr. Lucinei José Myszynski Júnior – IFPR Msc. Ineuza Michels Marçal - IFPR Dra. Juliana Guerra de Oliveira -ifpr Msc. Otoniel Rodrigues da Silva - IFPR Dr. Pedro Leites Junior - IFPR Dra. Sandra de Sousa Xavier - IFPR Dr. Elvio Pinto Bosetti - UEPG No ano de 2019 a Paleo PR/SC aconteceu na cidade de Jaguariaíva, PR e foi organizada por docentes e estudantes do Instituto Federal do Paraná, Campus Jaguariaíva. A região já é conhecida de longa data entre a comunidade paleontológica devido, principalmente, à seção tipo descrita por Petri em 1948 e aos inúmeros fósseis marinhos devonianos encontrados em seus afloramentos. 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  • Paleontological Discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina

    Paleontological Discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina

    Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat., n.s. 21(2): 217-293, 2019 ISSN 1514-5158 (impresa) ISSN 1853-0400 (en línea) Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina Fernando. E. NOVAS1,2, Federico. L. AGNOLIN1,2,3, Sebastián ROZADILLA1,2, Alexis M. ARANCIAGA-ROLANDO1,2, Federico BRISSON-EGLI1,2, Matias J. MOTTA1,2, Mauricio CERRONI1,2, Martín D. EZCURRA2,5, Agustín G. MARTINELLI2,5, Julia S. D´ANGELO1,2, Gerardo ALVAREZ-HERRERA1, Adriel R. GENTIL1,2, Sergio BOGAN3, Nicolás R. CHIMENTO1,2, Jordi A. GARCÍA-MARSÀ1,2, Gastón LO COCO1,2, Sergio E. MIQUEL2,4, Fátima F. BRITO4, Ezequiel I. VERA2,6, 7, Valeria S. PEREZ LOINAZE2,6 , Mariela S. FERNÁNDEZ8 & Leonardo SALGADO2,9 1 Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina - fernovas@yahoo. com.ar. 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina. 3 Fundación de Historia Natural “Felix de Azara”, Universidad Maimonides, Hidalgo 775, C1405BDB Buenos Aires, Argentina. 4 Laboratorio de Malacología terrestre. División Invertebrados Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina. 5 Sección Paleontología de Vertebrados. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina. 6 División Paleobotánica. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina. 7 Área de Paleontología. Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria (C1428EGA) Buenos Aires, Argentina. 8 Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (CONICET-INIBIOMA), Quintral 1250, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
  • Demandasaurus Darwini, a New Rebbachisaurid Sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

    Demandasaurus Darwini, a New Rebbachisaurid Sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

    Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula FIDEL TORCIDA FERNÁNDEZ−BALDOR, JOSÉ IGNACIO CANUDO, PEDRO HUERTA, DIEGO MONTERO, XABIER PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, and LEONARDO SALGADO Torcida Fernández−Baldor, F., Canudo, J.I., Huerta, P., Montero, D., Pereda Suberbiola, X., and Salgado, L. 2011. Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 535–552. A new medium−sized rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Castrillo la Reina Formation (Upper Barremian–Lower Aptian) in Burgos Province, Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov., is described. It is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and post−cranial remains. Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov. presents 9 autapo− morphies in the teeth and vertebrae. Demandasaurus is the first diplodocoid sauropod described from the Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Its inclusion in the Rebbachisauridae is well supported by our phylogenetic hypothesis, which situ− ates it as a sister group of Nigersaurus from the Aptian of Niger, with which it shares various synapomorphies. The dis− covery of Demandasaurus provides further evidence of the sporadic use of the Apulian Route by dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous for moving between the south of Europe (Laurasia) and the north of Africa (Gondwana). Key words: Sauropoda, Rebbachisauridae, systematic, palaeobiogeography, Early Cretaceous, Spain. Fidel Torcida Fernández−Baldor [[email protected]],
  • Skull Remains of the Dinosaur Saturnalia Tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil): with Comments on the Early Evolution of Sauropodomorph Feeding Behaviour

    Skull Remains of the Dinosaur Saturnalia Tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil): with Comments on the Early Evolution of Sauropodomorph Feeding Behaviour

    RESEARCH ARTICLE Skull remains of the dinosaur Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil): With comments on the early evolution of sauropodomorph feeding behaviour 1 2 1 Mario BronzatiID *, Rodrigo T. MuÈ llerID , Max C. Langer * 1 LaboratoÂrio de Paleontologia, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de a1111111111 São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Centro de Apoio à Pesquisa PaleontoloÂgica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil a1111111111 a1111111111 * [email protected] (MB); [email protected] (MCL) a1111111111 a1111111111 Abstract Saturnalia tupiniquim is a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Carnian±c. 233 OPEN ACCESS Ma) Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. Due to its phylogenetic position and age, it is important for studies focusing on the early evolution of both dinosaurs and sauropodomorphs. The Citation: Bronzati M, MuÈller RT, Langer MC (2019) Skull remains of the dinosaur Saturnalia tupiniquim osteology of Saturnalia has been described in a series of papers, but its cranial anatomy (Late Triassic, Brazil): With comments on the early remains mostly unknown. Here, we describe the skull bones of one of its paratypes (only in evolution of sauropodomorph feeding behaviour. the type-series to possess such remains) based on CT Scan data. The newly described ele- PLoS ONE 14(9): e0221387. https://doi.org/ ments allowed estimating the cranial length of Saturnalia and provide additional support for 10.1371/journal.pone.0221387 the presence of a reduced skull (i.e. two thirds of the femoral length) in this taxon, as typical Editor: JuÈrgen Kriwet, University of Vienna, of later sauropodomorphs.