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Boletim De Resumos SBPV 2014 Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia Edição Especial – Agosto/2014 LOGOTIPO O logotipo, escolhido por enquete no site do Simpósio, foi ide- alizado por Marcílio Zanetti, aluno do curso de graduação em Ciências Biológicas Bacharelado do Centro de Ciências Agrá- rias da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. A arte final foi preparada pelo biólogo e artista Daniel Coscarelli, de Belo Hori- zonte – MG. O mastodonte é um dos poucos vertebrados fósseis já encontrados no Espírito Santo, os quais foram descritos pelo paleontólogo Carlos de Paula Couto. O mapa do estado também se encontra representado. SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA (GESTÃO 2013-2015) Presidente: Max Cardoso Langer (USP) Vice-Presidente: Átila Augusto Stock da Rosa (UFSM) 1º Secretário: Renato Pirani Guilardi (UNESP) 2º Secretária: Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco (UFSCar) 1ª Tesoureira: Annie Schmaltz Hsiou (USP) 2º Tesoureiro: Rodrigo Miloni Santucci (UnB) Diretor de Publicações: Juan Carlos Cisneros Martínez (UFPI) Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados (9. : 2014 : Vitória, ES) S612 Boletim de Resumos / Paleontologia em Destaque : Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia ; editores Tiago R. Simões, Rodrigo G. Figueiredo, Rafael Delcourt, Taissa Rodrigues . – Vol. 1, n. 1 (1984)- . – Vitória, ES : UFES, 2014- . Irregular. ISSN: 1516-1811 1. Geociências. 2. Paleontologia. 3. Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia. I. Simões, Tiago R. II. Figueiredo, Rodrigo G. III. Delcourt, R. IV. Rodrigues, T. CDU: 56 COMISSÃO ORGANIZADORA Presidente Taissa Rodrigues Marques da Silva (UFES) Coordenadores Científicos Rafael Delcourt (Museu de Zoologia/USP) Rodrigo Giesta Figueiredo (Museu Nacional/UFRJ) Tiago Rodrigues Simões (University of Alberta) Comitê de Apoio Evellyn Machado de Souza (UFES) Marcilene Borsonelli (UFES) Maria Emília Gomes Vieira Reis (UFES) Raquel Soares de Moraes (UFES) Richard Santos Buchmann de Oliveira (UFES) Yasmin Coelho de Freitas (UFES) Premiação dos Estudantes Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner (Museu Nacional/UFRJ) III Fórum de Especialistas em Mamíferos Invasores (III FOGEMI) Organizadores: Leonardo dos Santos Avilla (UNIRIO); Dimila Mothé Cordeiro dos Santos (Museu Nacional/UFRJ) I Fórum de Paleontologia de Vertebrados do Quaternário do Nordeste (I QUATERNE) Organizadores: Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino (UERN); Hermínio Ismael de Araújo Júnior (UFRJ) REVISORES AD HOC Alberto Barbosa de Carvalho Daniel Costa Fortier (Museu de Zoologia / Universidade de São Paulo) (Universidade Federal do Piauí) Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner Deise Dias Rêgo Henriques (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Rio de Janeiro) Alexandre Liparini Campos Douglas Riff Gonçalves (Universidade Federal de Sergipe) (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia) Ana Emilia Quezado de Figueiredo Felipe Lima Pinheiro (Universidade Federal do Piauí) (Universidade Federal do Pampa) Ana Maria Ribeiro Fernanda Oliveira Deantoni (Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul) (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) André Eduardo Piacentini Pinheiro (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) Fernando Araújo Perini (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) Annie Schmaltz Hsiou (Universidade de São Paulo) Fernando Emilio Novas (Museu Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Atila Augusto Stock da Rosa “Bernardino Rivadavia”) (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria) Gustavo Ribeiro de Oliveira Bárbara Maciel (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco) (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Heinrich Theodor Frank (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) Bruno Calvalcanti Vila Nova de Albuquerque (Universidade de São Paulo) Helder de Paula Silva (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Carla Terezinha Serio Abranches Rio de Janeiro) (Universidade Guarulhos) Hermínio Ismael de Araújo Júnior Cesar Leandro Schultz (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) Ignacio Cerda Cristina Bertoni Machado (Museo Carlos Ameghino Cipolletti) (Faculdade de Engenharia / FTEC) Jonathas de Souza Bittencourt Rodrigues (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) Juan Carlos Cisneros Martínez Orlando Nelson Grillo (Universidade Federal do Piauí) (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Julia Brenda Desojo (Museu Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Paulo Miranda Nascimento “Bernardino Rivadavia”) (Museu de Zoologia / Universidade de São Paulo) Juliana Manso Sayão Pedro Seyferth Ribeiro Romano (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) (Universidade Federal de Viçosa) Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino Rafael Costa da Silva (Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte) (Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais / Serviço Geológico do Brasil) Leonardo dos Santos Avilla (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) Rafael Delcourt (Museu de Zoologia / Universidade de São Paulo) Leopoldo Soibelzon (Museo de La Plata) Rodrigo Giesta Figueiredo (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Lílian Paglarelli Bergqvist Rio de Janeiro) (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Rodrigo Miloni Santucci Luciana Barbosa de Carvalho (Universidade de Brasília) (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) Santiago Brizuela (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata) Marco Aurélio Gallo de França (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco) Sérgio Alex Kugland de Azevedo (Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Marco Brandalise de Andrade Rio de Janeiro) (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul) Taissa Rodrigues Marques da Silva (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo) Marina Bento Soares (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) Tiago Rodrigues Simões (University of Alberta) Mário André Trindade Dantas (Universidade Federal de Sergipe) Valéria Gallo da Silva (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) Martha Richter (Natural History Museum) APRESENTAÇÃO É com grande prazer que chegamos ao início do IX Simpósio Brasileiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados (SBPV). A paleonto- logia de vertebrados tem ganhado grande visibilidade no Brasil e no mundo nos últimos anos, e os SBPVs têm acompanhado este crescimento. A participação dos alunos de graduação e de pós- graduação torna-se cada vez mais marcante, e é com orgulho que acompanhamos as mudanças na “cara” da paleontologia brasileira. Apesar de estarmos em um turbulento ano de Copa do Mundo no Brasil, a cidade de Vitória permanece tranquila e, assim, pode oferecer aos simposistas o que ela tem de melhor: um povo aco- lhedor, praias belíssimas, e uma culinária ímpar. É neste clima que discutiremos, nos próximos dias, as mais recentes descober- tas e propostas da paleontologia de vertebrados brasileira. Além das tradicionais sessões regulares e pôster, o IX Simpósio Brasi- leiro de Paleontologia de Vertebrados traz em sua programação mini-cursos, o III Fórum de Especialistas em Mamíferos Inva- sores (III FOGEMI), o I Fórum de Paleontologia de Vertebrados do Quaternário do Nordeste (I QUATERNE) e uma mesa-redon- da para debater Divulgação Científica em diferentes meios de comunicação. Contamos ainda com a Premiação dos Estudan- tes, com três categorias em que os alunos de graduação e pós- -graduação concorrerão aos melhores trabalhos (oral e pôster). Buscamos assim valorizar e chamar a atenção para a pesquisa conduzida pelos jovens membros da paleontologia de vertebra- dos brasileira. Seguindo as tendências de internacionalização firmadas em SBPVs anteriores, convidamos dois colegas argen- tinos como palestrantes: a Dra. Julia Desojo e o Dr. Sebastián Apesteguía, ambos já com várias parcerias estabelecidas com pesquisadores brasileiros, além do Dr. Max Langer, presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia. Organizar um evento do porte do SBPV não é tarefa fácil, espe- cialmente em um estado ainda com pouca tradição em paleon- tologia de vertebrados. Conseguimos vencer muitas dificuldades com o apoio dos diversos amigos paleontólogos e de colegas dos campi de Vitória e de Alegre da Universidade Federal do Espí- rito Santo (UFES). Além disso, foi fundamental a participação dos colegas e alunos que compõem os comitês deste Simpósio. O IX SBPV contou, ainda, com o auxílio do Programa de Pós-Gra- duação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Animal) da UFES, da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia, da Coordenação de Aper- feiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), e da Funda- ção de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Espírito Santo (FAPES). Esperamos que todos tenham um simpósio proveitoso! Tiago R. Simões, Rodrigo G. Figueiredo, Rafael Delcourt e Taissa Rodrigues Sumário Novas ocorrências de Santacruzodon hopsoni Ab- A horse with no name: the systematics of dala & Ribeiro, 2003 (Cynodontia, Traversodon- the Hippidiformes (Equidae: Perissodactyla: tidae) em duas novas localidades da Zona de Mammalia) | Leonardo dos Santos AVILLA, Cami- Associação de Santacruzodon da Sequência San- la BERNARDES, Dimila MOTHÉ . 26 ta Maria 1 do Triássico Superior do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil | Jéssica ALVARENGA; Tomaz Pance- Os roedores Caviomorpha (Hystricognathi: ri MELO; Marina Bento SOARES . 19 Mammalia) do Pleistoceno do Norte do Brasil e suas implicações paleoambientais | Leonardo dos Paleopathology or taphonomic alteration? A Santos AVILLA; Thais FERREIRA; Leonardo KER- case study on a Gomphotheriidae humerus | Ro- BER . 27 berta Veronese do AMARAL; Uiara Gomes CABRAL; Deise Dias Rêgo HENRIQUES . 20 Os incisivos inferiores decíduos de Cuviero- nius hyodon (Gomphotheriidae: Proboscidea: Escavação
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