Llewellyn Ivor Price

Llewellyn Ivor Price
Born (1905-10-09)October 9, 1905
Santa Maria - Rio Grande do Sul
Died 1980 (75)
Residence Brazil and United States
Nationality Brazilian
Fields paleontologist

Llewellyn Ivor Price (October 9, 1905, Santa Maria 1980, Rio Grande do Sul) was one of the first Brazilian paleontologists.

Biography

Price's work contributed not only to the development of Brazilian but also to global paleontology. He collected Staurikosaurus, the first dinosaur discovered in Brazil.

Son of American parents, he studied chemistry and graduated in zoology and geology in the United States. After being professor at Harvard he returned to Brazil. He died of a heart attack.

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Additional references

  1. http://www.sbgeo.org.br/index.php/sbgeo/realizacoes Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia: Prêmios (Accessed March 2011)


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