Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas (Also signed: ''Jacy Antonio Louzada Tupy Caldas'', but was best known as ''Tupi Caldas''.) (19 July 1898 – 1946) was a Brazilian paleontologist. He gave contributions to

paleontology Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure ge ...

describing some of the animals found in the region Paleorrota.

Biography

He lived in

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, was professor of ''military school'' and a member of the ''Historical and Geographical Institute of Rio Grande do Sul'', formed in

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- in 1917 the ''Faculty of Medicine of Porto Alegre''. In

helped describe '' Dinodontosaurus pedroanum'' and '' Hyperodapedon mariensis''.

References

* Book Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia. Author : ''Antônio Isaia.'' Publisher Pallotti. (Portuguese) * Book: "''Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho.''" 1787–1933. Vol I. Author: ''Romeu Beltrão'', Publisher ''Pallotti'', 1958. (Portuguese) 1898 births 1946 deaths Brazilian paleontologists {{brazil-academic-bio-stub