Llewellyn Ivor Price | |
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Born | |
Died | June 9, 1980 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 74)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Palaeontology, geology |
Llewellyn Ivor Price (October 9, 1905 – June 9, 1980) was one of the first Brazilian paleontologists. His work contributed not only to the development of Brazilian but also to global paleontology. He collected Staurikosaurus in 1936, the first dinosaur discovered in Brazil.
Price was born in Santa Maria on October 9, 1905. The 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 in Rio de Janeiro on June 9, 1980, aged 74.