Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, Brazilian geologist (Rio de Janeiro 18 February 1916 - São Paulo 02 August 2013)
Authored over 250 works ACHIEVEMENTS Described first Pre-Cambrian fossils in South America Collenia itapevensis (1944) Defined South American platform (1969) Co-authored a paper with great repercussion that confirmed the geochronological correlation between Brazil and Africa continent
With P.M. Hurley, G.C. Melcher, U.G. Cordani, J.R. Rand, K. Kawashita, P. Vandoros, W.H. Pinson & H.W. Fairbarn. Test of continental drift by means of radiometric ages. Science 157 (3788):495-500, 1967 DESCRIBED (Fossil Crustacea) GENERA Acantholeaia 1950 Candonopsis 1950 Pachecoia 1950 Species Acantholeaia regoi 1950 Palaeolimnadia petrii 1950 Cyzicus (Lioestheria) mendesi Cyzicus (Lioestheria) barbosai Pachecoia acuminata Pachecoia rodriguesi
Candonopsis pyriformis MEMBERSHIP/HONORS Correspondent fellow, Societé Geologique de France Vice-President, International Union of Geological Sciences (1980-4)
Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who (1971-2) Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Alberta (1991) Genus Fernandoalmeidium Novozhilov 1961 (Fossil Crustacea) Almeidaite Menezes Filho, Chukanov, Rastsvetaeva, Aksenov et al. 2013 (Mineral) |
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