Residence Brasil | Name Mario Barberena | |
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Born April 17, 1934
Santa Vitoria do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul ( 1934-04-17 ) Died 16 December 2013(2013-12-16) (aged 79)
Porto Alegre Fields paleontologist and Geologist Institutions Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | ||
Mario Costa Barberena (17 April 1934 – 16 December 2013) was a Brazilian Paleontologist.
Biography
He graduated in Natural History at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) in 1956 to 1959. He completed his doctorate at Harvard University, in Stratigraphic and Paleontology (1977–1978). He was lecturer at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) in 1974.
The genus Barberenachampsa is named after him. Has contributed considerably to the Geopark of Paleorrota.
References
Mário Costa Barberena Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA