Llewellyn Ivor Price
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Llewellyn Ivor Price was one of the first Brazil
ian paleontologists.
, the first dinosaur
discovered in Brazil.
Son of American parents, he studied chemistry and graduated in zoology and geology in the United States
. After being professor at Harvard he returned to Brazil. He died of a heart attack.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian paleontologists.
Biography
Price's work contributed not only to the development of Brazilian but also to global paleontology. He collected StaurikosaurusStaurikosaurus
Staurikosaurus is a genus of herrerasaurid dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Brazil.-Discovery:The first known specimen of Staurikosaurus was recovered from the Paleontological Site Jazigo Cinco of the Santa Maria Formation in the geopark of paleorrota , Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil...
, the first dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
discovered in Brazil.
Son of American parents, he studied chemistry and graduated in zoology and geology in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. After being professor at Harvard he returned to Brazil. He died of a heart attack.
Awards
- In 1980 he was awarded the José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva prize by the Sociedade Brasileira de GeologiaSociedade Brasileira de GeologiaThe Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia is a technical and scientific society that aims brings to bring together Brazilian geologists, to disseminate technical and scientific information, and to participate in national decisions involving the geological sciences....
.