About Mário Costa Barberena
Lived 1934 – 2013 (aged 79). Mário Costa Barberena was a Brazilian paleontologist.
Mario Costa Barberena (17 April 1934 – 16 December 2013) was a Brazilian paleontologist.
Biography He graduated in Natural History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1956–1959). He completed his doctorate at Harvard University, in stratigraphic paleontology (1977–1978). He was lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1974.
The genus Barberenachampsa is named after him. Has contributed considerably to the Paleorrota Geopark.
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Who was Mário Costa Barberena?
Brazilian paleontologist (1934-2013)
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Mário Costa Barberena was born on 17 April 1934 in Santa Vitória do Palmar.
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Mário Costa Barberena died on 16 December 2013 in Porto Alegre.
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Mário Costa Barberena was a paleontologist.
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Mário Costa Barberena was Brazilian.
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