Débora Moro

The Triassic deposits of South America are key to understand the early radiation of Dinosauromorpha. Though the fossil record of the group is relatively abundant in Carnian- and Norian-aged strata from Argentina and Brazil, Middle Triassic dinosauromorphs are scarce, at least in the Brazilian record. In this contribution, we describe a set of fossi...

Dyckia vicentensis Strehl is an endemic and endangered species of southwestern Rio Grande do Sul state (RS, Brazil) and is commonly found near soybean crops, where use of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is frequent. Thus, this study aimed to test the influence of 2,4-D on its germination and initial development under in vitro c...

The present 3D Dataset contains the 3D models of the sacral vertebrae analyzed in "Sacral co-ossification in dinosaurs: The oldest record of fused sacral vertebrae in Dinosauria and the diversity of sacral co-ossification patterns in the group".

The fusion of the sacrum occurs in the major dinosaur lineages, i.e. ornithischians, theropods, and sauropodomorphs, but it is unclear if this trait is a common ancestral condition, or if it evolved independently in each lineage, or even how or if it is related to ontogeny. In addition, the order in which the different structures of the sacrum are...

O desenvolvimento de ações educativas em paleontologia é agente potencial na valorização e proteção do patrimônio paleontológico. Nesse sentido, o evento Paleodia é promovido anualmente pelo Centro de Apoio à Pesquisa Paleontológica (CAPPA) e pelo Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas (CCNE) da UFSM, visando divulgar a paleontologia e os fósseis da...