Collection of fossils in the National Museum of Brazil

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.

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

See also

• National Museum of Brazil

References

1. "Paleontologia" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
2. Angaturama limai
3. Odonata
4. Maxakalisaurus topai (replica)
5. Eremotherium
6. Dastilbe crandalli
7. Psaronius brasiliensis
8. Spider
9. Sequeira Fernandes et al., 2014, p.10
10. Protoischnurus axelrodorum
11. Araripemys barretoi
12. Bauruemys elegans
13. Beurlenia araripensis
14. Araripichthys castilhoi
15. Stereosternum
16. Lizard

Bibliography

• Sequeira Fernandes, Antonio Carlos; Marcelo de Araujo Carvalho; Daianne Almeida, and Luciana Witovisk. 2014. O Museu Nacional, suas análises de carvão mineral e a coleção de fósseis vegetais carboníferos no século XIX. Filosofia e História da Biologia 9. 1–18. Accessed 2018-09-06.