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
Vertebrate Paleontology and Animal Behavior Lab (LAPC)
Foundation: September 2014
Mission: to produce knowledge/provide information on fossil vertebrates (Vertebrate Paleontology) and unveil the behavior of present animals (Animal Behavior), with emphasis on fossil reptiles (former) and mammals/xenarthrans (latter). Consequently, to share this information with the broader community.
Address:
Lab 103-Delta Building
UFABC - SBC campus
Alameda da Universidade s/n
Anchieta - São Bernardo do Campo
09606-045
Research Group:
Research Areas:
- Vertebrate Paleontology
- Animal Behavior
Main Themes:
- Morphological, taxonomic and systematic study of fossil reptiles (emphasis in Pterosauria)
- Phylogenetic analysis
-Ecomorphology and behavior of vertebrates (emphasis in xenarthrans)
People
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LAPC staff
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Lab Leader
Field trip to Antarctica/Paleoantar team
Proantar 2017-2018
Fabiana R. Costa
Paleontology and Animal Behavior
Professor at UFABC / undergraduate courses.
Professor at the Postgraduate Programme in Evolution and Diversity at UFABC.
Former professor at UNIFESP.
MSc and PhD degrees in Zoology at Museu Nacional / UFRJ
BCh degree in Biological Sciences at UNESP.
BCh degree in Translation at PUC-RJ.
BCh degree in Letters (Portuguese/English) at FAFI-Sete Lagoas.
FOLLOW:
Natan Santos Brilhante
Paleontology
Research collaborator of LAPC on curatorship and preparation of material to be incorporated into the LAPC collection; co-advisor of undergraduate students.
PhD student at Museu Nacional / UFRJ.
MSc degree in Zoology at Museu Nacional / UFRJ.
BCh degree in Biological Sciences at UNIABC.
Research area: Vertebrate Paleontology (Dinosauria)
PhD thesis: Morphological Evolution of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda)
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Research Collaborator
FOLLOW:
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PhD student
Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas
Paleontology
PhD student at the Postgraduate Programme in Evolution and Diversity at UFABC.
MSc degree in Zoology at Museu Nacional / UFRJ.
BCh degree in Biological Sciences at UERJ.
Research area: Vertebrate Paleontology (Pterosauria), 3D Modelling, Biomechanics.
PhD thesis: Biomechanics of the wing stance during flight of Brasileodactylus sp. and Tapejara wellnhoferi (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) and discussion on the evolution of flight in the group.
FOLLOW:
Tainá Constância de França Pinto
Paleontology
MSc student at the Postgraduate Programme in Evolution and Diversity at UFABC.
Co-advisor: Professor Manuel Alfredo / UFMA.
BCh degree in Biological Sciences at UFMA.
Research area: Vertebrate Paleontology.
MSc dissertation: Faciologic analysis and paleofaunistic study of Ravina Boca de Forno (Itapecuru Formation, Cretaceous, Parnaíba Basin), North of Maranhão.
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MSc student
FOLLOW:
Field trip to Alfredo Marcondes (São Paulo State, Brazil)
Alumni
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
UFABC
Vertebrate Paleontology
- Ana Flávia Bezerra de Oliveira
- João Lucas da Silva (CNPq scholarship)
- Pedro Vinicius Lima
Animal Behavior
- Fernando Jara Facciole
- Marcella Marques Rosa
- Natalia Solano Opazo
External Students
Vertebrate Paleontology
- Denis Luiz Fernandes da Silva (USP)
- Gustavo Rodrigues (UNIFESP)
Junior students
- Guilherme Tunckus
- Gabriella Temperine Rosa (Junior scholarship)
Collaborators
- Yuri de Oliveira Nobre (UFSCAR)
- Gabriela Oliveira/Mat. Engineering (CNPq scholarship)
- Gabriela de Andrade Moreno/Biomedical Engineering (co-advisorship)
ENGINEERING
LAPC Team members and collaborators
What's the difference between a member and a collaborator?
To be a member (lab students) you have to formally develop research in the lab; a collaborator helps in other tasks (e.g., field works, eventual material preparation, events, etc.)
Our Collaborators
LAPC external collaborators
- Alexander W. A. Kellner, PhD - UFRJ (Museu Nacional)
- André Piacentini Pinheiro, PhD - UERJ (São Gonçalo campus)
- Annie Scmaltz Hsiou, PhD - USP (Ribeirão Preto campus)
- Antônio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva, PhD - URCA
- Bortx Holgado Palacios, MS - UFRJ (Museu Nacional)
- Felipe Pinheiro, PhD - UNIPAMPA (São Gabriel campus)
- Ivan Nunes, PhD - UNESP (coastal campus)
- Kamila Luisa Nogueira Bandeira, MS - UFRJ (Museu Nacional)
- Lucy Gomes de Souza, PhD - UFRJ (Museu Nacional)
- Max Cardoso Langer, PhD - USP (Ribeirão Preto campus)
- Olavo Luppi Silva, PhD - UFABC (São Bernardo campus)
- Oscar Rocha-Barbosa, PhD - UERJ (Maracanã campus)
- Patrícia Sammarco Rosa, PhD (Lauro de Souza Lima Institute)
- Richard Buchmann de Oliveira, MS - UFES (Vitória campus)
- Taissa Rodrigues, PhD - UFES (Vitória campus)
