LAPC Collection
Our field trips have constantly provided material that form the LAPC collection. After being properly prepared by our staff, this material is mostly accessed for specimen-based student research (scientific collection). Teaching collections of paleobotanical and vertebrate specimens have supported didactic activities of students taking annual classes on Geology and Paleontology.
Thus this material is available for hands-on student research and learning activities and comprise specimens from the Permian of Irati Formation (Paraná Basin), Cretaceous sandstones of Alfredo Marcondes, Itapecuru Formation (Maranhão), Crato and Romualdo Formations (Araripe Basin), Santa Marta and Snow Hill Island Formations (James Ross Island, Antarctica), and from the Oligocene of the Tremembé Formation (Taubaté Basin).
LAPC sample of a Mesosauridae specimen, Irati Formation. Scale bar: 5 cm.
LAPC sample of a dinosaur (Sauropoda) specimen, Itapecuru formation. Scale bar: 5 cm.
LAPC sample of an invertebrate (Mollusk) specimen, Itapecuru Formation. Scale bar: 5 cm.
LAPC sample of an plant (trunk) specimen, Tremembé Formation. Scale bar: 5 cm.
The lab is inserted in a bigger multidisciplinary research lab equipped with stereomicroscopes, digital microscope, fume hood and multiple work benches, with the facilities of counting with the experimental support of a Multiuser centre lab where MEV (FEI Quanta 250), Fluorescence optical microscopy (Zeiss Axio Imager A2) and rotary microtome (Leica RM 2255) to produce histological sections of samples and zoom them in micro details. Specimens are mechanically prepared before being submitted to any kind of analyses or equipments, which is provided by our staff and students. Library journal collections and departmental computing facilities is also available for student research in Paleontology. Collection can also be accessed by foreign researches by contacting the lead lab/curator.
Lead lab/curator contact: fabiana.costa@ufabc.edu.br
Publications
PEIXOTO, F. B. G.; AMBROSIO, M. T. G.; COBALCHINI, H.; PADILHA, F. L. A.; COSTA, F. R. Enriquecimento ambiental aplicado a tamanduás-mirins (Tamandua tetradactyla) no Aquário de São Paulo: estudo de caso. Pesquisa e Ensino em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, v. 3, p. 119-124, 2019.
KELLNER, A. W. A.; MARQUES, T. R.; COSTA, F. R.; WEINSCHUTZ, L.; FIGUEIREDO, R. G.; SOUZA, G. A.; BRUM, A. S.; ELEUTERIO, L. H.; MUELLER, C. W.; SAYÃO, J. M. Pterodactyloid pterosaur bones from Cretaceous deposits of the Antarctic Peninsula. ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIÊNCIAS (ONLINE), v. 91, p. 1-16, 2019.
CLERICI, G. P.; ROSA, PATRÍCIA S.; COSTA, F. R. Description of Digging Behavior in Armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae). MASTOZOOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL /JOURNAL OF NEOTROPICAL MAMMALOGY, v. 25, p. 283-291, 2018.
PEGAS, R. V.; COSTA, F. R.; KELLNER, A. W. A. New information on the osteology and a taxonomic revision of the genus Thalassodromeus (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae, Thalassodrominae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, p. e1443273, 2018.
COSTA, F. R.; CLERICI, G. P.; ROSA, P. S.; RIBEIRO, L. L.; Rocha-Barbosa, O. Kinematic Description of the Vertical Climbing of Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): the first report of his ability in armadillos. MASTOZOOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL /JOURNAL OF NEOTROPICAL MAMMALOGY, v. 24, p. 451-456, 2017.
COSTA, F. R.; CLERICI, G. P.; LOBO-RIBEIRO, L.; ROSA, P. S.; ROCHA-BARBOSA, O. Analysis of the spatio-temporal parameters of gaits in Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae). ACTA ZOOLOGICA, v. -, p. 1-8, 2017.
WANG, X.; KELLNER, A. W. A.; CHENG, X.; JIANG, S.; WANG, Q.; SAYÃO, J. M.; RODRIGUES, T.; COSTA, F. R.; LI, N.; MENG, X.; ZHOU, Z. Eggshell and Histology Provide Insight on the Life History of a Pterosaur with Two Functional Ovaries. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online), v. 00, p. 00-00, 2015.
KELLNER, A.W.A. ;Costa, F. R.; WANG, X.; CHENG, X. Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia. Historical Biology (Print), v. 28, p. 304-309, 2015.
COSTA, F. R.; ROCHA-BARBOSA, O.; KELLNER, A. W. A. Myological reconstruction of the pelvic girdle of Anhanguera piscator (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) using three-dimensional virtual animation. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 17, p. 11-22, 2014.
COSTA, F. R.; SAYÃO, J. M.; KELLNER, A. W. A. New pterosaur material from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania), Africa. Historical Biology (Print), v. 1, p. 1-10, 2014.
JIANG, S.; WANG, X.; CHENG, X.; COSTA, F. R.; HUANG, J.; KELLNER, A.W.A. Short note on an anurognathid pterosaur with a long tail from the Upper Jurassic of China. Historical Biology (Print), v. 1, p. 1-5, 2014.
KELLNER, A. W. A.; CAMPOS, D. A.; SAYÃO, J. M.; SARAIVA, A. A. F.; RODRIGUES, T.; COSTA, F. R.; OLIVEIRA, G.; CRUZ, L. A.; SILVA, H. P.; FERREIRA, J. S. The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinus Wellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and other large pterosaurs from the Romualdo Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online), v. 85, p. 113-135, 2013.
COSTA, F. R.; PEDRINI, S. C. B.; ROSA, P. S. Registro do repertório comportamental associado às interações sociais em Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Cingulata: Dasypodidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoociências, v. 13, p. 179-184, 2013.
COSTA, F. R.; ROCHA-BARBOSA, O.; KELLNER, A. W. A. A biomechanical approach on the optimal stance of Anhanguera piscator (Pterodactyloidea) and its implications for pterosaur gait on land. Historical Biology (Print), v. 26, p. 1-9, 2013.
KELLNER, A. W. A.; RODRIGUES. T.; COSTA, F. R. Short note on a pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from Western Queensland, Australia. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Impresso), v. 83, p. 301-308, 2011.
NUNES, I; COSTA, F. R. "Hide and seek": diurnal refuge and camouflage of two anurans from the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes, v. 4, p. 431-433, 2011.
KELLNER, A. W. A.; RICH, T.; COSTA, F. R.; VICKERS-RICH, P.; KEAR, B.; WALTERS, M.; KOOL, L. New isolated pterodactyloid bones from the Albian Toolebuc Formation (Western Queensland, Australia) with comments on the Australian pterosaur fauna.. Alcheringa (Sydney), v. 34, p. 219-230, 2010.
COSTA, F. R.; Rocha-Barbosa, O. ; KELLNER, A. W. A. Stance biomechanics of Anhanguera piscator Kellner & Tomida, 2000 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) using tridimensional virtual animation. Diqiu Xuebao, v. 31, p. 15-16, 2010.
COSTA, F. R.; VIZCAINO, S. F. A diagnostic character revisited: is there a fifth toe in the forefoot of Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)?. Zootaxa (Online), v. 2671, p. 61-64, 2010.
COSTA, F. R.; KELLNER, A. W. A. On two pterosaur humeri from the Tendaguru beds (Upper Jurassic, Tanzania). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Impresso), v. 81, p. 813-818, 2009.
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