Atílio Munari was born in Santa Maria

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

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, Rio Grande do Sul

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Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, Brazil

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Biography

He lived near the Sanga da Alemoa

Sanga da Alemoa

The Sanga da Alemoa paleontological site is located in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It belongs to the Caturrita Formation and the Santa Maria Formation. It is located in the neighborhood of Castelinho...

, and when he was 14 years old, he lived with the scientist H. Lotz, a German

Germans

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 paleontologist, who taught him to collecting and preparing fossils. Many of the fossils collected by him, are now in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

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 and Santa Maria

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...

. Helped a lot of paleontologists who visited the city of Santa Maria

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...

. Has contributed considerably to the Geopark

Geopark

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 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....

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In his honor, the city of Santa Maria

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...

, received the Atilio Munari street. He was buried in São José Cemetery, near where he was collecting fossils.