Octávio Mateus

Octávio Mateus (born 1975) is a Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist Professor of Paleontology at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He graduated in Universidade de Évora and received his PhD at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2005. He collaborates with Museu da Lourinhã, known for their dinosaur collection.

His PhD advisor was Miguel Telles Antunes. He is an expert on dinosaurs, particularly Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Portugal, but he has also worked with specimens from Angola, the USA, Greenland, China^[1] and Morocco.^[2]

New dinosaur taxa he has helped name include Lourinhanosaurus antunesi (1998),^[3] Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (1999),^[4] Tangvayosaurus hoffeti (1999),^[5] Draconyx loureiroi (2001),^[6] Lusotitan atalaiensis (2003),^[7] Europasaurus holgeri (2006),^[8] Allosaurus europaeus (2006),^[9] Angolatitan adamastor (2011),^[10] Torvosaurus gurneyi (2014),^[11] Zby atlanticus (2014),^[12] Galeamopus (2015),^[13] Issi saaneq (2021),^[14] and Iberospinus natarioi (2022).^[15]

Since 1991, Octávio Mateus has organized dinosaur excavations in Portugal, as well as Laos with the French team of the Paris Museum of Natural History, led by Prof. Philippe Taquet. He has worked in Angola, where he discovered Angolatitan, the first Angolan dinosaur in the scope of a project in the area of vertebrate paleontology of Angola.^[16] He collaborates with diverse international scientific institutions as the scientific council member of the German foundation Verein zur Förderung der niedersächsischen Paläontologie. He also studied dinosaur tracks^[17] and eggs, phytosaurs, chelonians, and whales. In 2012, he integrated an expedition to the Triassic of Greenland in Jameson Land.

In 2023, Mateus was accused of sexual harassment spanning back to 2010.^[18]

[1]
Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Marty, Daniel; Zhang, Jianping; Wang, Yan; Klein, Hendrik; McCrea, Richard T.; Buckley, Lisa G.; Belvedere, Matteo; Mateus, Octávio; Gierliński, Gerard D. (2015-10-22). "An Ornithopod-Dominated Tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian–Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: New Discoveries, Ichnotaxonomy, Preservation and Palaeoecology". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0141059. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1041059X. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141059. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4619635. PMID 26492525.
[2]
Hendrickx, Christophe; Mateus, Octávio; Buffetaut, Eric (2016-01-06). "Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0144695. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1144695H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144695. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4703214. PMID 26734729.
[3]
Mateus O (1998). "Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã (Portugal)" (PDF). Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37: 111–124.
[4]
Bonaparte, J.F., & Mateus, O. (1999). "A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (2): 13–29.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) PDF Document Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
[5]
Allain, Ronan; Taquet, Philippe; Battail, Bernard; Dejax, Jean; Richir, Philippe; Véran, Monette; Limon-Duparcmeur, Franck; Vacant, Renaud; Mateus, Octavio; Sayarath, Phouvong; Khenthavong, Bounxou (1999-10-30). "Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science (in French). 329 (8): 609–616. Bibcode:1999CRASE.329..609A. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)87218-3. ISSN 1251-8050.
[6]
Mateus, Octávio; Telles Antunes, Miguel (2001-01-01). "Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal". Annales de Paléontologie. 87 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(01)88003-4. ISSN 0753-3969.
[7]
Antunes, Miguel Telles; Mateus, Octávio (2003-01-01). "Dinosaurs of Portugal". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2 (1): 77–95. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(03)00003-4. ISSN 1631-0683.
[8]
Martin Sander, P.; Mateus, Octávio; Laven, Thomas; Knötschke, Nils (2006-06-08). "Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur". Nature. 441 (7094): 739–741. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..739M. doi:10.1038/nature04633. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16760975. S2CID 4361820.
[9]
Mateus, Octávio; Walen, Aart; Antunes, Miguel Telles (2006). "The large theropod fauna of the Lourinha Formation (Portugal) and its similarity to that of the Morrison Formation, with a description of a new species of Allosaurus". In Foster, John R.; Lucas, Spencer G. (eds.). Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 36. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 123–129.
[10]
Mateus, Octávio; Jacobs, Louis L.; Schulp, Anne S.; Polcyn, Michael J.; Tavares, Tatiana S.; Buta Neto, André; Morais, Maria Luísa; Antunes, Miguel T. (2011). "Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 221–233. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100012. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 21437383.
[11]
Hendrickx, C; Mateus, O (2014). "Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e88905. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988905H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088905. PMC 3943790. PMID 24598585.
[12]
Mateus, Octávio; Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul (2014-04-16). "Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (3): 618–634. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.822875. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 59387149.
[13]
Tschopp, E.; Mateus, O. V.; Benson, R. B. J. (2015). "A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)". PeerJ. 3: e857. doi:10.7717/peerj.857. PMC 4393826. PMID 25870766.
[14]
Beccari, Victor; Mateus, Octávio; Wings, Oliver; Milàn, Jesper; Clemmensen, Lars B. (2021-11-03). "Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland". Diversity. 13 (11): 561. doi:10.3390/d13110561. hdl:10362/128951. ISSN 1424-2818.
[15]
Mateus, Octávio; Estraviz-López, Darío (2022-02-16). "A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution". PLOS ONE. 17 (2): e0262614. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1762614M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262614. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8849621. PMID 35171930.
[16]
Huffington Post - Angolatitan Adamastor: New Dinosaur, 'Angolan Giant,' Discovered
[17]
Milàn, J., Christiansen, P., & Mateus, O. (2005). A three-dimensionally preserved sauropod manus impression from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: implications for sauropod manus shape and locomotor mechanics. Kaupia, 14.
[18]
Rosenbusch, Claudia (28 April 2023). "Cientista dos dinossauros suspeito de assédio sexual" [Dinosaur scientist suspected of sexual harassment]. Sábado (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-29.

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[1] [1]
Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Marty, Daniel; Zhang, Jianping; Wang, Yan; Klein, Hendrik; McCrea, Richard T.; Buckley, Lisa G.; Belvedere, Matteo; Mateus, Octávio; Gierliński, Gerard D. (2015-10-22). "An Ornithopod-Dominated Tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian–Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: New Discoveries, Ichnotaxonomy, Preservation and Palaeoecology". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0141059. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1041059X. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141059. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4619635. PMID 26492525.

[2] [2]
Hendrickx, Christophe; Mateus, Octávio; Buffetaut, Eric (2016-01-06). "Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0144695. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1144695H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144695. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4703214. PMID 26734729.

[3] [3]
Mateus O (1998). "Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã (Portugal)" (PDF). Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37: 111–124.

[4] [4]
Bonaparte, J.F., & Mateus, O. (1999). "A new diplodocid, Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Jurassic beds of Portugal". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (2): 13–29.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) PDF Document Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

[5] [5]
Allain, Ronan; Taquet, Philippe; Battail, Bernard; Dejax, Jean; Richir, Philippe; Véran, Monette; Limon-Duparcmeur, Franck; Vacant, Renaud; Mateus, Octavio; Sayarath, Phouvong; Khenthavong, Bounxou (1999-10-30). "Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science (in French). 329 (8): 609–616. Bibcode:1999CRASE.329..609A. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)87218-3. ISSN 1251-8050.

[6] [6]
Mateus, Octávio; Telles Antunes, Miguel (2001-01-01). "Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal". Annales de Paléontologie. 87 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(01)88003-4. ISSN 0753-3969.

[7] [7]
Antunes, Miguel Telles; Mateus, Octávio (2003-01-01). "Dinosaurs of Portugal". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2 (1): 77–95. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(03)00003-4. ISSN 1631-0683.

[8] [8]
Martin Sander, P.; Mateus, Octávio; Laven, Thomas; Knötschke, Nils (2006-06-08). "Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur". Nature. 441 (7094): 739–741. Bibcode:2006Natur.441..739M. doi:10.1038/nature04633. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16760975. S2CID 4361820.

[OMetal06-9] [9]
Mateus, Octávio; Walen, Aart; Antunes, Miguel Telles (2006). "The large theropod fauna of the Lourinha Formation (Portugal) and its similarity to that of the Morrison Formation, with a description of a new species of Allosaurus". In Foster, John R.; Lucas, Spencer G. (eds.). Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 36. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 123–129.

[10] [10]
Mateus, Octávio; Jacobs, Louis L.; Schulp, Anne S.; Polcyn, Michael J.; Tavares, Tatiana S.; Buta Neto, André; Morais, Maria Luísa; Antunes, Miguel T. (2011). "Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 221–233. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100012. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 21437383.

[11] [11]
Hendrickx, C; Mateus, O (2014). "Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe, and a Proposed Terminology of the Maxilla Anatomy in Nonavian Theropods". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e88905. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988905H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088905. PMC 3943790. PMID 24598585.

[12] [12]
Mateus, Octávio; Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul (2014-04-16). "Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (3): 618–634. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.822875. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 59387149.

[tschopp-13] [13]
Tschopp, E.; Mateus, O. V.; Benson, R. B. J. (2015). "A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)". PeerJ. 3: e857. doi:10.7717/peerj.857. PMC 4393826. PMID 25870766.

[14] [14]
Beccari, Victor; Mateus, Octávio; Wings, Oliver; Milàn, Jesper; Clemmensen, Lars B. (2021-11-03). "Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland". Diversity. 13 (11): 561. doi:10.3390/d13110561. hdl:10362/128951. ISSN 1424-2818.

[15] [15]
Mateus, Octávio; Estraviz-López, Darío (2022-02-16). "A new theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous (Barremian) of Cabo Espichel, Portugal: Implications for spinosaurid evolution". PLOS ONE. 17 (2): e0262614. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1762614M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262614. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8849621. PMID 35171930.

[16] [16]
Huffington Post - Angolatitan Adamastor: New Dinosaur, 'Angolan Giant,' Discovered

[17] [17]
Milàn, J., Christiansen, P., & Mateus, O. (2005). A three-dimensionally preserved sauropod manus impression from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: implications for sauropod manus shape and locomotor mechanics. Kaupia, 14.

[18] [18]
Rosenbusch, Claudia (28 April 2023). "Cientista dos dinossauros suspeito de assédio sexual" [Dinosaur scientist suspected of sexual harassment]. Sábado (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-29.

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