Biography

Vicentino Prestes de Almeida, (Born in Chiniquá, Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

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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) was a Brazilian paleontologist. He died on October 28, 1954, in São Pedro do Sul

São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

- Paleontology :This city belongs to the geopark of Paleorrota.Museum of the city that have fossils:#Museum Paleontologic and Archaeological Walter Ilha.-Day of Paleorrota:...

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Biography

It was a self-taught paleontologist. From 1925 helped many paleontologists who visited the 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:...

 and São Pedro do Sul

São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

- Paleontology :This city belongs to the geopark of Paleorrota.Museum of the city that have fossils:#Museum Paleontologic and Archaeological Walter Ilha.-Day of Paleorrota:...

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Many of the fossils collected by Vicentino are in Museum

Museum

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s in Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

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In his honor, Friedrich von Huene

Friedrich von Huene

Friedrich von Huene was a German paleontologist who named more dinosaurs in the early 20th century than anyone else in Europe.-Biography:...

 put his name on Prestosuchus chiniquensis

Prestosuchus

Prestosuchus is an extinct genus of a group of rauisuchians called prestosuchids. Friedrich von Huene named the genus in honor of Vicentino Prestes de Almeida....

 (Prestes, Chiniquá).

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....

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