Collection of fossils in the National Museum of Brazil
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The National Museum of Brazil collections included an exhibition of fossils.[1]
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] |