The National Museum of Brazil collections included an exhibition of fossils.[1]
Exhibition of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull in the museum
The current status of the collection is unknown after the fire that destroyed the museum in September 2018.
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Name |
Age |
Period |
Origin |
Notes |
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Angaturama limai skeleton, indeterminate pterosaur skeleton and a spinosaur sacrum (possibly belonging to Angaturama or Irritator) |
110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Santana Formation |
[2] |
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Lambeosaurus skull |
75 Ma |
Late Cretaceous |
Dinosaur Park Formation |
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Tyrannosaurus rex skull |
65 Ma |
Late Cretaceous |
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Luzia Woman |
11 ka |
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Found in Lapa Vermelha IV, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Dinodontosaurus skeleton |
290-225 Ma |
Permian-Triassic |
Santa Maria Formation |
|
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Santanaraptor skeleton |
110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Santana Formation |
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Saber-toothed cat skeleton |
1.8 Ma |
Pleistocene |
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Odonata fossil |
105 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
[3] |
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Maxakalisaurus topai skeleton (replica) |
80 Ma |
Late Cretaceous |
Adamantina Formation |
[4] |
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Pterosaur wing |
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Eremotherium skeleton |
1.8 Ma |
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[5] |
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Ruffordia goepperti |
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Tupandactylus skeleton |
115 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
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Tropeognathus mesembrinus skeleton |
110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Santana Formation |
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Dastilbe crandalli |
105-110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato & Santana Formations |
[6] |
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Psaronius brasiliensis |
270 Ma |
Permian |
Piauí |
[7] |
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Spiders |
105 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
[8] |
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Annularia, Asplenites, Bornia, Calamites, Cyclopteris, Equisetites, Glockeria, Hymenophylites, Lepidodendron, Lepidophyllum, Neuropteris, Odontopteris, Pecopteris, Sphenopteris, Sigillaria, Stigmaria, Volkmannia, Woodwardites |
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Carboniferous |
Europe |
[9] |
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Protoischnurus axelrodorum |
105 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
[10] |
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Araripemys barretoi |
110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Santana Formation |
[11] |
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Bauruemys elegans |
80 Ma |
Late Cretaceous |
Presidente Prudente Formation |
[12] |
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Beurlenia araripensis |
105 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
[13] |
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Araripichthys castilhoi |
105-110 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato & Santana Formations |
[14] |
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Stereosternum |
275 Ma |
Permian |
Irati Formation |
[15] |
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Lizard |
105 Ma |
Early Cretaceous |
Crato Formation |
[16] |
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