Mário Costa Barberena
Encyclopedia

Biography

Did graduate in Natural History at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
The Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul is a private non-profit Catholic university, with three campuses, in the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre, Uruguaiana, and Viamão...

 (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) in 1956 to 1959. Did his doctorate at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, in Stratigraphic and Paleontology (1977-1978). He was lecturer at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) in 1974.

The genus is named after its Barberenachampsa
Barberenachampsa
Barberenachampsa is a genus of proterosuchid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Brazil. It's named in honor of Mário Costa Barberena.- Species :...

 your Tribute. Has contributed considerably to the Geopark
Geopark
A Geopark is defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in its UNESCO Geoparks International Network of Geoparks programme as follows:...

 of Paleorrota
Paleorrota
Paleorrota , is a geopark located in the center of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The rocks and fossils found along the route date back to the times when there was only one supercontinent Pangaea....

.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK