Llewellyn Ivor Price

Brazilian paleontologist

Llewellyn Ivor Price

Price between 1948 and 1960 holding the 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) long femur of a sauropod dinosaur

Born| (1905-10-09)October 9, 1905

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Died| June 9, 1980(1980-06-09) (aged 74)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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.

## Biography

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Price in his laboratory preparing the fossils of a titanosaurian sauropod between 1948 and 1960

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.

## Awards

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* In 1980 he was awarded the José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva prize by the Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia.[1]

## References

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* 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)

## Additional references

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1. ^ http://www.sbgeo.org.br/index.php/sbgeo/realizacoes Archived 2011-01-26 at the Wayback Machine Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia: Prêmios (Accessed March 2011)

## External links

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* Llewellyn Ivor Price-Science today
* biography in Portuguese

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